Ezekiel 6:8

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 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 6:8

Yet will I leave a remnant
Not in Judea, but in Babylon, and in the countries where they should be dispersed, as follows: that ye may have [some] that shall escape the sword among the nations;
which was threatened to be drawn, and sent after them, ( Ezekiel 5:2 Ezekiel 5:12 ) ; but all should not perish by if; some should escape; for this was not the time to make a full end of them: when ye shall be scattered through the countries;
that is, of Egypt, Ammon, Moab, and Assyria; for this respects their dispersion at the time of the Babylonish captivity, and not their present dispersion.

Ezekiel 6:8 In-Context

6 In all your dwellingplaces the cities shall be laid waste , and the high places shall be desolate ; that your altars may be laid waste and made desolate , and your idols may be broken and cease , and your images may be cut down , and your works may be abolished .

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

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.

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.

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.