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Ezekiel 12:16

King James Version (KJV)

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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.

Ezekiel 12:16 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Ezekiel 12:16

Theological / Devotional

A few men. Literally, “men of number,” that is, men easily counted. These survivors, in telling their tale of shame, would let the heathen know that it was not weakness on the part of the God of Israel that had occasioned the severe distress and subjection of His people, but Israel’s failure to fulfill its divine destiny.

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