“But I will let a few of my people escape destruction, and they will be scattered among the nations of the world.
Parallel translations
- WEB “‘“Yet I will leave a remnant, in that you will have some that escape the sword among the nations, when you are scattered through the countries.
- KJV Yet will I leave a remnant, that ye may have some that shall escape the sword among the nations, when ye shall be scattered through the countries.
- BSB Yet I will leave a remnant, for some of you will escape the sword when you are scattered among the nations and throughout the lands.
- NKJV “Yet I will leave a remnant, so that you may have some who escape the sword among the nations, when you are scattered through the countries.
- NASB “However, I will leave a remnant, in that you will have those who escaped the sword among the nations when you are scattered among the countries.
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Quick answer
God will leave a remnant who escape the sword and are scattered among the nations. Even in judgment, mercy preserves a people.
Overview
The Lord promises to spare some who survive and are dispersed among the nations. The preservation of a remnant is a recurring sign of God's faithfulness even under judgment. This grace keeps alive the hope of restoration and traces the line through which God's redemptive promises, fulfilled in Christ, would continue.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 13
- Ezek 14:22Yet, behold, therein shall be left a remnant that shall be carried out, both sons and daughters. Behold, they shall come out to you, and you shall see their way and their doings; and you shall be comforted concerning the evil that I have brought on Jerusalem, even concerning all that I have brought on it.
- Jer 44:14so that none of the remnant of Judah, who have gone into the land of Egypt to live there, shall escape or be left, to return into the land of Judah, to which they have a desire to return to dwell there; for no one will return except those who will escape.’”
- Ezek 12:16But I will leave a few men of them from the sword, from the famine, and from the pestilence, that they may declare all their abominations among the nations where they come; and they will know that I am Yahweh.’”
- Isa 6:13If there is a tenth left in it, that also will in turn be consumed: as a terebinth, and as an oak, whose stock remains when they are felled; so the holy seed is its stock.”
- Jer 30:11For I am with you, says Yahweh, to save you; for I will make a full end of all the nations where I have scattered you, but I will not make a full end of you; but I will correct you in measure, and will in no way leave you unpunished.”
- Jer 44:28Those who escape the sword shall return out of the land of Egypt into the land of Judah, few in number; and all the remnant of Judah, who have gone into the land of Egypt to live there, shall know whose word shall stand, mine, or theirs.
- Isa 27:7–8Has he struck them as he struck those who struck them? Or are they killed like those who killed them were killed?
- Ezek 5:2A third part you shall burn in the fire in the middle of the city, when the days of the siege are fulfilled. You shall take a third part, and strike with the sword around it. A third part you shall scatter to the wind, and I will draw out a sword after them.
- Ezek 5:12A third part of you will die with the pestilence, and with famine shall they be consumed within you. A third part will fall by the sword around you. A third part I will scatter to all the winds, and will draw out a sword after them.
- Jer 46:28Don’t be afraid, O Jacob my servant,” says Yahweh; “for I am with you; for I will make a full end of all the nations where I have driven you; but I will not make a full end of you, but I will correct you in measure, and will in no way leave you unpunished.”
- Ezek 7:16But those of those who escape will escape, and will be on the mountains like doves of the valleys, all of them moaning, everyone in his iniquity.
- Rom 11:5–6Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.
- Rom 9:27Isaiah cries concerning Israel, “If the number of the children of Israel are as the sand of the sea, it is the remnant who will be saved;
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