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Ezekiel 12:16 Cross-References
Explore 20 cross-references for Ezekiel 12:16 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Ezekiel chapter 12 verse 16 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“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. a few: Heb. men of number”
Ezekiel 12:16 (KJV)
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Commentary on Ezekiel 12:16
God announces: '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.' God preserves a remnant through judgment not for their merit but for testimonial purposes. The few who survive will declare Israel's abominations among the nations, serving as witnesses to why judgment came.This remnant theology is crucial—even in comprehensive judgment, God preserves some. The Hebrew anshe mispar (אַנְשֵׁי מִסְפָּר, 'men of number/few') emphasizes ...
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Cross-References for Ezekiel 12:16
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“behold”
“and they shall say every man to his neighbor”
“in that you shall have some that escape the sword among the nations”
“we would have been as Sodom; we would have been like Gomorrah.”
“The whole land shall be a desolation; yet will I not make a full end.”
“the eyes of the Lord Yahweh are on the sinful kingdom”
“and restricted is the way that leads to life! Few are those who find it.”
“no flesh would have been saved. But for the sake of the chosen ones”
“Why has Yahweh done thus to this land? what means the heat of this great anger?”
“If the number of the children of Israel are as the sand of the sea, it is the remnant who will be saved;,Esaias also crieth concerning Israel, Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved:,,,,,,,,”