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Verse	Translation	Text
Eze 6:8	Strong Concordance	Yet will I leave a remnant [03498], that ye may have some that shall escape [06412] the sword [02719] among the nations [01471], when ye shall be scattered [02219] through the countries [0776].
	King James	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.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
Mitigation of the extreme severity of their punishment; still their life shall be a wretched one, and linked with exile (Eze 5:2, Eze 5:12; Eze 12:16; Eze 14:22; Jer 44:28).

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

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

The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917]
remnant (See Scofield) - (Jer 15:21).

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]
The survivors shall go away into banishment amongst the heathen, and shall remember the word of the Lord that will have been fulfilled. - Eze 6:8. But I shall preserve a remnant, in that there shall be to you some who have escaped the sword among the nations, when he shall be dispersed among the lands. Eze 6:9. And those of you who have escaped, will make mention of me among the nations whither they are led captive, when I have broken to me their whorish heart, which had departed from me, and their eyes, which went a whoring after their idols: and they shall loathe themselves because of the evil which they have done in reference to all their abominations. Eze 6:10. And ye shall know that I am Jehovah. Not in vain have I spoken this evil to you. - הותיר, superstites facere, "to make or preserve survivors." The connection with 'בּהיות וגו is analogous to the construction of הותיר, in the sense of "giving a superabundance," with בּ rei, Deu 28:11 and Deu 30:9, and is not to be rejected, with Ewald and Hitzig, as inadmissible. For בּהיות is supported by the old versions, and the change of והותרתּי into ודבּרתּי, which would have to be referred to Eze 6:7, is in opposition to the twofold repetition of the וידאתּם כּי אן (וידעוּ), Eze 6:10 and Eze 6:14, as this repetition shows that the thought in Eze 6:7 is different from that in 17, 21, not "they shall know that Jehovah has spoken," but "they shall know that He who has done this is Jehovah, the God of Israel." The preservation of a remnant will be shown in this, that they shall have some who have escaped the sword. הזּרותיכם is infin. Niph. with a plural form of the suffix, as occurs elsewhere only with the plural ending ות of nouns, while Ezekiel has extended it to the ות of the infinitive of ה''ל verbs; cf. Eze 16:31, and Ewald, 259b. The remembrance of Jehovah (Eze 6:9) is the commencement of conversion to Him. אשׁר before נשׁבּרתּי is not to be connected as relative pronoun with לבּם, but is a conjunction, though not used conditionally, "if," as in Lev 4:22; Deu 11:27, and elsewhere, but of time, ὅτε, "when," as Deu 11:6 and Ch2 35:20, and נשׁבּרתּי in the signification of the futur. exact. The Niphal נשׁבּר here is not to be taken as passive, but middle, sibi frangere, i.e., לבּם, poenitenti conterere animum eorum ut ad ipsum (Deum) redeant (Maurer, Hvernick). Besides the heart, the eyes also are mentioned, which God is to smite, as the external senses which allure the heart to whoredom. ונקטוּ corresponds to וזכרוּ at the beginning of the verse. קוּט, "the later form for קוּץ, "to feel a loathing," Hiphil, "to be filled with loathing;" cf. Job 10:1 with ב object., "in (on) their פנים, faces," i.e., their persons or themselves: so also in Eze 20:43; Eze 36:31. אל הרעות, in allusion to the evil things; 'לכל־תועב, in reference to all their abominations. This fruit, which is produced by chastisement, namely, that he idolaters are inspired with loathing for themselves, and led to the knowledge of Jehovah, will furnish the proof that God has not spoken in vain.

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]

The survivors shall go away into banishment amongst the heathen, and shall remember the word of the Lord that will have been fulfilled. - Eze 6:8. But I shall preserve a remnant, in that there shall be to you some who have escaped the sword among the nations, when he shall be dispersed among the lands. Eze 6:9. And those of you who have escaped, will make mention of me among the nations whither they are led captive, when I have broken to me their whorish heart, which had departed from me, and their eyes, which went a whoring after their idols: and they shall loathe themselves because of the evil which they have done in reference to all their abominations. Eze 6:10. And ye shall know that I am Jehovah. Not in vain have I spoken this evil to you. - הותיר, superstites facere, "to make or preserve survivors." The connection with 'בּהיות וגו is analogous to the construction of הותיר, in the sense of "giving a superabundance," with בּ rei, Deu 28:11 and Deu 30:9, and is not to be rejected, with Ewald and Hitzig, as inadmissible. For בּהיות is supported by the old versions, and the change of והותרתּי into ודבּרתּי, which would have to be referred to Eze 6:7, is in opposition to the twofold repetition of the וידאתּם כּי אן (וידעוּ), Eze 6:10 and Eze 6:14, as this repetition shows that the thought in Eze 6:7 is different from that in 17, 21, not "they shall know that Jehovah has spoken," but "they shall know that He who has done this is Jehovah, the God of Israel." The preservation of a remnant will be shown in this, that they shall have some who have escaped the sword. הזּרותיכם is infin. Niph. with a plural form of the suffix, as occurs elsewhere only with the plural ending ות of nouns, while Ezekiel has extended it to the ות of the infinitive of ה''ל verbs; cf. Eze 16:31, and Ewald, 259b. The remembrance of Jehovah (Eze 6:9) is the commencement of conversion to Him. אשׁר before נשׁבּרתּי is not to be connected as relative pronoun with לבּם, but is a conjunction, though not used conditionally, "if," as in Lev 4:22; Deu 11:27, and elsewhere, but of time, ὅτε, "when," as Deu 11:6 and Ch2 35:20, and נשׁבּרתּי in the signification of the futur. exact. The Niphal נשׁבּר here is not to be taken as passive, but middle, sibi frangere, i.e., לבּם, poenitenti conterere animum eorum ut ad ipsum (Deum) redeant (Maurer, Hvernick). Besides the heart, the eyes also are mentioned, which God is to smite, as the external senses which allure the heart to whoredom. ונקטוּ corresponds to וזכרוּ at the beginning of the verse. קוּט, "the later form for קוּץ, "to feel a loathing," Hiphil, "to be filled with loathing;" cf. Job 10:1 with ב object., "in (on) their פנים, faces," i.e., their persons or themselves: so also in Eze 20:43; Eze 36:31. אל הרעות, in allusion to the evil things; 'לכל־תועב, in reference to all their abominations. This fruit, which is produced by chastisement, namely, that he idolaters are inspired with loathing for themselves, and led to the knowledge of Jehovah, will furnish the proof that God has not spoken in vain.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
Remnant - It is the Lord that preserves a remnant, the enemies rage would destroy all.

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²⁸ Yet a small [04962] number [04557] that escape [06412] the sword [02719] shall return out [07725] of the land [0776] of Egypt [04714] into the land [0776] of Judah [03063], and all the remnant [07611] of Judah [03063], that are gone [0935] into the land [0776] of Egypt [04714] to sojourn [01481] there, shall know [03045] whose words [01697] shall stand [06965], mine, or theirs.

²² Yet, behold, therein shall be left [03498] a remnant [06413] that shall be brought forth [03318], both sons [01121] and daughters [01323]: behold, they shall come forth [03318] unto you, and ye shall see [07200] their way [01870] and their doings [05949]: and ye shall be comforted [05162] concerning the evil [07451] that I have brought [0935] upon Jerusalem [03389], even concerning all that I have brought [0935] upon it.

¹⁶ But I will leave [03498] a few [04557] men [0582] of them from the sword [02719], from the famine [07458], and from the pestilence [01698]; that they may declare [05608] all their abominations [08441] among the heathen [01471] whither they come [0935]; and they shall know [03045] that I am the LORD [03068].

¹² A third part [07992] of thee shall die [04191] with the pestilence [01698], and with famine [07458] shall they be consumed [03615] in the midst [08432] of thee: and a third part [07992] shall fall [05307] by the sword [02719] round about [05439] thee; and I will scatter [02219] a third part [07992] into all the winds [07307], and I will draw out [07324] a sword [02719] after [0310] them.

² Thou shalt burn [01197] with fire [0217] a third part [07992] in the midst [08432] of the city [05892], when the days [03117] of the siege [04692] are fulfilled [04390]: and thou shalt take [03947] a third part [07992], and smite [05221] about [05439] it with a knife [02719]: and a third part [07992] thou shalt scatter [02219] in the wind [07307]; and I will draw out [07324] a sword [02719] after [0310] them.

²¹ And I will deliver [05337] thee out of the hand [03027] of the wicked [07451], and I will redeem [06299] thee out of the hand [03709] of the terrible [06184].

³¹ Then shall ye remember [02142] your own evil [07451] ways [01870], and your doings [04611] that were not good [02896], and shall lothe [06962] yourselves in your own sight [06440] for your iniquities [05771] and for your abominations [08441].

⁴³ And there shall ye remember [02142] your ways [01870], and all your doings [05949], wherein ye have been defiled [02930]; and ye shall lothe [06962] yourselves in your own sight [06440] for all your evils [07451] that ye have committed [06213].

¹ My soul [05315] is weary [05354] of my life [02416]; I will leave [05800] my complaint [07879] upon myself; I will speak [01696] in the bitterness [04751] of my soul [05315].

²⁰ After [0310] all this, when Josiah [02977] had prepared [03559] the temple [01004], Necho [05224] king [04428] of Egypt [04714] came up [05927] to fight [03898] against Carchemish [03751] by Euphrates [06578]: and Josiah [02977] went out [03318] against [07125] him.

⁶ And what he did [06213] unto Dathan [01885] and Abiram [048], the sons [01121] of Eliab [0446], the son [01121] of Reuben [07205]: how the earth [0776] opened [06475] her mouth [06310], and swallowed them up [01104], and their households [01004], and their tents [0168], and all the substance [03351] that was in their possession [07272], in the midst [07130] of all Israel [03478]:

²⁷ A blessing [01293], if ye obey [08085] the commandments [04687] of the LORD [03068] your God [0430], which I command [06680] you this day [03117]:

²² When a ruler [05387] hath sinned [02398], and done [06213] somewhat through ignorance [07684] against any [0259] of the commandments [04687] of the LORD [03068] his God [0430] concerning things which should not be done [06213], and is guilty [0816];

⁹ And they that escape [06412] of you shall remember [02142] me among the nations [01471] whither they shall be carried captives [07617], because I am broken [07665] with their whorish [02181] heart [03820], which hath departed [05493] from me, and with their eyes [05869], which go a whoring [02181] after [0310] their idols [01544]: and they shall lothe [06962] themselves [06440] for the evils [07451] which they have committed [06213] in all their abominations [08441].

³¹ In that thou buildest [01129] thine eminent place [01354] in the head [07218] of every way [01870], and makest [06213] thine high place [07413] in every street [07339]; and hast not been as an harlot [02181], in that thou scornest [07046] hire [0868];

⁷ And the slain [02491] shall fall [05307] in the midst [08432] of you, and ye shall know [03045] that I am the LORD [03068].

¹⁴ So will I stretch out [05186] my hand [03027] upon them, and make [05414] the land [0776] desolate [08077], yea, more desolate [04923] than the wilderness [04057] toward Diblath [01689], in all their habitations [04186]: and they shall know [03045] that I am the LORD [03068].

¹⁰ And they shall know [03045] that I am the LORD [03068], and that I have not said [01696] in vain [02600] that I would do [06213] this evil [07451] unto them.

⁷ And the slain [02491] shall fall [05307] in the midst [08432] of you, and ye shall know [03045] that I am the LORD [03068].

⁹ And the LORD [03068] thy God [0430] will make thee plenteous [03498] in every work [04639] of thine hand [03027], in the fruit [06529] of thy body [0990], and in the fruit [06529] of thy cattle [0929], and in the fruit [06529] of thy land [0127], for good [02896]: for the LORD [03068] will again [07725] rejoice [07797] over thee for good [02896], as he rejoiced [07797] over thy fathers [01]:

¹¹ And the LORD [03068] shall make thee plenteous [03498] in goods [02896], in the fruit [06529] of thy body [0990], and in the fruit [06529] of thy cattle [0929], and in the fruit [06529] of thy ground [0127], in the land [0127] which the LORD [03068] sware [07650] unto thy fathers [01] to give [05414] thee.

¹⁰ And they shall know [03045] that I am the LORD [03068], and that I have not said [01696] in vain [02600] that I would do [06213] this evil [07451] unto them.

⁸ Yet will I leave a remnant [03498], that ye may have some that shall escape [06412] the sword [02719] among the nations [01471], when ye shall be scattered [02219] through the countries [0776].