Ezekiel 12:16
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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.But I will spare a few of them from sword and famine and plague, so that in the nations to which they go, they can recount all their abominations. Then they will know that I am the LORD.”
In other translations
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.But I will spare a few of them from sword and famine and plague, so that in the nations to which they go, they can recount all their abominations. Then they will know that I am the LORD.”
Hebrew words
וְהוֹתַרְתִּיvehotartiand I will leave overH3498מֵהֶםmehemsome of themאַנְשֵׁי'ansheipeople ofH582מִסְפָּרmisparnumberH4557מֵחֶרֶבmecherevfrom [the] swordH2719מֵרָעָבmera'avfrom [the] famineH7458וּמִדָּבֶרumidaverand from [the] pestilenceH1698לְמַעַןlema'anso thatH4616יְסַפְּרוּyesaperuthey may recountH5608אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853כָּל־kol-allH3605תּוֹעֲבוֹתֵיהֶםto'avoteihemabominations theirH8441בַּגּוֹיִםbagoyimamong the nationsH1471אֲשֶׁר־'asher-whereH834בָּאוּba'uthey have goneH935שָׁםshamthereH8033וְיָדְעוּveyade'uand they will knowH3045כִּי־ki-thatH3588אֲנִי'aniIH589יְהוָה׃ פyahweh[am] YahwehH3068
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
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- Ezekiel 14:22-2322 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. 23 And they shall comfort you, when ye see their ways and their doings: and ye shall know that I have not done without cause all that I have done in it, saith the Lord God.22 Yet, behold, some survivors will be left in it—sons and daughters who will be brought out. They will come out to you, and when you see their conduct and actions, you will be comforted regarding the disaster I have brought upon Jerusalem—all that I have brought upon it. 23 They will bring you consolation when you see their conduct and actions, and you will know that it was not without cause that I have done all these things within it,’ declares the Lord GOD.”
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- Jeremiah 4:27For thus hath the Lord said, The whole land shall be desolate; yet will I not make a full end.For this is what the LORD says: “The whole land will be desolate, but I will not finish its destruction.
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- Isaiah 10:19And the rest of the trees of his forest shall be few, that a child may write them.The remaining trees of its forests will be so few that a child could count them.
- Isaiah 6:13But 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.And though a tenth remains in the land, it will be burned again. As the terebinth and oak leave stumps when felled, so the holy seed will be a stump in the land.”
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