Yet will I leave a remnant, [a]that you may have some that shall escape the sword among the nations, when you shall be scattered through the countries.

And they that escape of you, shall remember me among the nations, where they shall be in captivity, because I am grieved for their whorish hearts, which have departed from me, and for their eyes, which have gone a whoring after their idols, and they [b]shall be displeased in themselves for the evils which they have committed in all their abominations.

10 And they shall know that I am the Lord, and that I have not said in vain, that I would do this evil unto them.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 6:8 He showeth that in all dangers God will preserve a few, which shall be as the seed of his Church and call upon his Name.
  2. Ezekiel 6:9 They shall be ashamed to see that their hope in idols was but vain, and so shall repent.

“‘But I will spare some, for some of you will escape(A) the sword when you are scattered among the lands and nations.(B) Then in the nations where they have been carried captive, those who escape will remember(C) me—how I have been grieved(D) by their adulterous hearts, which have turned away from me, and by their eyes, which have lusted after their idols.(E) They will loathe themselves for the evil(F) they have done and for all their detestable practices.(G) 10 And they will know that I am the Lord;(H) I did not threaten in vain to bring this calamity on them.(I)

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