Ezekiel 6 · Verse 8

Ezekiel 6:8

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.
Ezekiel 6:8, King James Version

Ezekiel 6:8 in other translations

BSBYet I will leave a remnant, for some of you will escape the sword when you are scattered among the nations and throughout the lands.
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.
ASVYet will I leave a remnant, in that ye shall have some that escape the sword among the nations, when ye shall be scattered through the countries.
YLTAnd I have caused some to remain, In their being to you the escaped of the sword among nations, In your being scattered through lands.
DARBYYet will I leave a remnant, in that ye shall have some escaped from the sword among the nations, when ye shall be scattered through the countries.
BBEBut still, I will keep a small band safe from the sword among the nations, when you are sent wandering among the countries.
WebsterYet 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.

What does Ezekiel 6:8 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
8. Mitigation of the extreme severity of their punishment; still their life shall be a wretched one, and linked with exile (Eze 5:2, 12; 12:16; 14:22; Jr 44:28).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ezekiel 6:8-10
A remnant of Israel should be left; at length they should remember the Lord, their obligations to him, and rebellion against him. True penitents see sin to be that abominable thing which the Lord hates. Those who truly loathe sin, loathe themselves because of sin. They give glory to God by their repentance. Whatever brings men to remember Him, and their sins against him, should be regarded as a blessing.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Ezekiel 6:8 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְהוֹתַרְתִּ֗יve.ho.tar.Tiand I will leave overH3498
בִּהְי֥וֹתbih.Yotwhen belongH1961
לָכֶ֛םla.Khemto you
פְּלִ֥יטֵיpe.Li.teiescapees ofH6412
חֶ֖רֶבChe.rev[the] swordH2719
בַּגּוֹיִ֑םba.go.Yimamong the nationsH1471
בְּהִזָּרֽוֹתֵיכֶ֖םbe.hi.za.ro.tei.Khemwhen are dispersed youH2219
בָּאֲרָצֽוֹת\׃ba.'a.ra.Tzotamong the landsH776

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Ezekiel 6:8

  • Ezekiel 14:22

    Yet, behold, therein shall be left a remnant that shall be brought forth, both sons and daughters: behold, they shall come forth unto you, and ye shall see their way and their doings: and ye shall be comforted concerning the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, even concerning all that I have brought upon it.

  • Isaiah 6:13

    But yet in it shall be a tenth, and it shall return, and shall be eaten: as a teil tree, and as an oak, whose substance is in them, when they cast their leaves: so the holy seed shall be the substance thereof.

  • Ezekiel 12:16

    But 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 heathen whither they come; and they shall know that I am the Lord.

  • Jeremiah 44:14

    So that none of the remnant of Judah, which are gone into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall escape or remain, that they should return into the land of Judah, to the which they have a desire to return to dwell there: for none shall return but such as shall escape.

  • Jeremiah 30:11

    For I am with thee, saith the Lord, to save thee: though I make a full end of all nations whither I have scattered thee, yet will I not make a full end of thee: but I will correct thee in measure, and will not leave thee altogether unpunished.

  • Jeremiah 44:28

    Yet a small number that escape the sword shall return out of the land of Egypt into the land of Judah, and all the remnant of Judah, that are gone into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall know whose words shall stand, mine, or theirs.

  • Ezekiel 5:12

    A third part of thee shall die with the pestilence, and with famine shall they be consumed in the midst of thee: and a third part shall fall by the sword round about thee; and I will scatter a third part into all the winds, and I will draw out a sword after them.

  • Jeremiah 46:28

    Fear thou not, O Jacob my servant, saith the Lord: for I am with thee; for I will make a full end of all the nations whither I have driven thee: but I will not make a full end of thee, but correct thee in measure; yet will I not leave thee wholly unpunished.

  • Ezekiel 5:2

    Thou shalt burn with fire a third part in the midst of the city, when the days of the siege are fulfilled: and thou shalt take a third part, and smite about it with a knife: and a third part thou shalt scatter in the wind; and I will draw out a sword after them.

  • Ezekiel 7:16

    But they that escape of them shall escape, and shall be on the mountains like doves of the valleys, all of them mourning, every one for his iniquity.

  • Isaiah 27:7-8

    Hath he smitten him, as he smote those that smote him? or is he slain according to the slaughter of them that are slain by him? In measure, when it shooteth forth, thou wilt debate with it: he stayeth his rough wind in the day of the east wind.

  • Romans 11:5-6

    Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace. And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of works, then is it no more grace: otherwise work is no more work.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
5:2,12; 12:16; 14:22; Isa 6:13; 27:7,8; Jer 30:11; 44:14,28; 46:28
Ro 9:27; 11:5,6

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Context

  • Ezekiel 6:7

    And the slain shall fall in the midst of you, and ye shall know that I am the Lord.

  • Ezekiel 6:8

    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.

  • Ezekiel 6:9

    And they that escape of you shall remember me among the nations whither they shall be carried captives, because I am broken with their whorish heart, which hath departed from me, and with their eyes, which go a whoring after their idols: and they shall lothe themselves for the evils which they have committed in all their abominations.

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Ezekiel 6:8 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Mas dejaré que haya de vosotros quien escape del cuchillo entre las gentes, cuando fuereis esparcidos por las tierras.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Mais je laisserai un reste, en ce que vous aurez des réchappés de l’épée parmi les nations, quand vous serez dispersés dans les pays.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Doch will ich einen Überrest lassen, indem ihr unter den Nationen solche haben werdet, die dem Schwert entronnen sind, wenn ihr in die Länder zerstreut seid.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et relinquam in vobis eos qui fugerint gladium in gentibus, cum dispersero vos in terris: