Ezekiel 12:16 Cross References

Ezekiel 12:16

16: But I will spare a few of them from death by war, famine, or disease, so they can confess to their captors about how wicked they have been. Then they will know that I am the LORD!"

Ezekiel 14:22

  1. Yet there will be survivors, and they will come here to join you as exiles in Babylon. You will see with your own eyes how wicked they are, and then you will feel better about what I have done to Jerusalem.
  2. When you meet them and see their behavior, you will agree that these things are not being done to Israel without cause, says the Sovereign LORD."

Jeremiah 22:8

  1. People from many nations will pass by the ruins of this city and say to one another, `Why did the LORD destroy such a great city?'
  2. And the answer will be, `Because they violated their covenant with the LORD their God by worshiping other gods.'"

Ezekiel 6:8

  1. "But I will let a few of my people escape destruction, and they will be scattered among the nations of the world.
  2. Then when they are exiled among the nations, they will remember me. They will recognize how grieved I am by their unfaithful hearts and lustful eyes that long for other gods. Then at last they will hate themselves for all their wickedness.
  3. They will know that I alone am the LORD and that I was serious when I predicted that all this would happen to them.

Amos 9:8

  1. "I, the Sovereign LORD, am watching this sinful nation of Israel, and I will uproot it and scatter its people across the earth. Yet I have promised that I will never completely destroy the family of Israel, "says the LORD.
  2. "For I have commanded that Israel be persecuted by the other nations as grain is sifted in a sieve, yet not one true kernel will be lost.

Jeremiah 4:27

  1. This is what the LORD says: "The whole land will be ruined, but I will not destroy it completely.

Isaiah 1:9

  1. If the LORD Almighty had not spared a few of us, we would have been wiped out as completely as Sodom and Gomorrah.

Ezekiel 36:31

  1. Then you will remember your past sins and hate yourselves for all the evil things you did.

1 Kings 9:6

  1. "But if you or your descendants abandon me and disobey my commands and laws, and if you go and worship other gods,
  2. then I will uproot the people of Israel from this land I have given them. I will reject this Temple that I have set apart to honor my name. I will make Israel an object of mockery and ridicule among the nations.
  3. And though this Temple is impressive now, it will become an appalling sight for all who pass by. They will scoff and ask, `Why did the LORD do such terrible things to his land and to his Temple?'
  4. And the answer will be, `Because his people forgot the LORD their God, who brought their ancestors out of Egypt, and they worshiped other gods instead. That is why the LORD has brought all these disasters upon them.'"

Genesis 13:16

  1. And I am going to give you so many descendants that, like dust, they cannot be counted!

Romans 11:4

  1. And do you remember God's reply? He said, "You are not the only one left. I have seven thousand others who have never bowed down to Baal!"
  2. It is the same today, for not all the Jews have turned away from God. A few are being saved as a result of God's kindness in choosing them.

Isaiah 6:13

  1. Even if only a tenth--a remnant--survive, it will be invaded again and burned. Israel will remain a stump, like a tree that is cut down, but the stump will be a holy seed that will grow again."

Romans 9:27

  1. Concerning Israel, Isaiah the prophet cried out, "Though the people of Israel are as numerous as the sand on the seashore, only a small number will be saved.

Deuteronomy 29:24

  1. The surrounding nations will ask, `Why has the LORD done this to his land? Why was he so angry?'
  2. "And they will be told, `This happened because the people of the land broke the covenant they made with the LORD, the God of their ancestors, when he brought them out of the land of Egypt.
  3. They turned to serve and worship other gods that were foreign to them, gods that the LORD had not designated for them.
  4. That is why the LORD's anger burned against this land, bringing down on it all the curses recorded in this book.
  5. In great anger and fury the LORD uprooted his people from their land and exiled them to another land, where they still live today!'

Isaiah 10:19

  1. Only a few from all that mighty army will survive--so few that a child could count them!

Matthew 7:14

  1. But the gateway to life is small, and the road is narrow, and only a few ever find it.

Jeremiah 30:11

  1. For I am with you and will save you, says the LORD. I will completely destroy the nations where I have scattered you, but I will not destroy you. But I must discipline you; I cannot let you go unpunished.

Matthew 24:22

  1. In fact, unless that time of calamity is shortened, the entire human race will be destroyed. But it will be shortened for the sake of God's chosen ones.

Jeremiah 3:24

  1. From childhood we have watched as everything our ancestors worked for--their flocks and herds, their sons and daughters--was squandered on a delusion.
  2. Let us now lie down in shame and dishonor, for we and our ancestors have always sinned against the LORD our God. We have never obeyed him."

Leviticus 26:40

  1. "But at last my people will confess their sins and the sins of their ancestors for betraying me and being hostile toward me.
  2. Finally, when I have given full expression to my hostility and have brought them to the land of their enemies, then at last their disobedient hearts will be humbled, and they will pay for their sins.

Isaiah 10:22

  1. But though the people of Israel are as numerous as the sand on the seashore, only a few of them will return at that time. The LORD has rightly decided to destroy his people.

Daniel 9:5

  1. But we have sinned and done wrong. We have rebelled against you and scorned your commands and regulations.
  2. We have refused to listen to your servants the prophets, who spoke your messages to our kings and princes and ancestors and to all the people of the land.
  3. "Lord, you are in the right; but our faces are covered with shame, just as you see us now. This is true of us all, including the people of Judah and Jerusalem and all Israel, scattered near and far, wherever you have driven us because of our disloyalty to you.
  4. O LORD, we and our kings, princes, and ancestors are covered with shame because we have sinned against you.
  5. But the Lord our God is merciful and forgiving, even though we have rebelled against him.

Isaiah 24:13

  1. Throughout the earth the story is the same--like the stray olives left on the tree or the few grapes left on the vine after harvest, only a remnant is left.
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