Bible Cross References
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Isaiah 1:9
If the LORD Almighty had not let some of the people survive, Jerusalem would have been totally destroyed, just as Sodom and Gomorrah were.
Isaiah 6:13
Even if one person out of ten remains in the land, he too will be destroyed; he will be like the stump of an oak tree that has been cut down." (The stump represents a new beginning for God's people.)
Isaiah 10:20-22
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A time is coming when the people of Israel who have survived will not rely any more on the nation that almost destroyed them. They will truly put their trust in the LORD, Israel's holy God.
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A few of the people of Israel will come back to their mighty God.
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Even though now there are as many people of Israel as there are grains of sand by the sea, only a few will come back. Destruction is in store for the people, and it is fully deserved.
Isaiah 17:5
Israel will be like a field where the grain has been cut and harvested, as desolate as a field in Rephaim Valley when it has been picked bare.
Isaiah 17:6
Only a few people will survive, and Israel will be like an olive tree from which all the olives have been picked except two or three at the very top, or a few that are left on the lower branches. I, the LORD God of Israel, have spoken."
Jeremiah 44:28
But a few of you will escape death and return from Egypt to Judah. Then the survivors will know whose words have come true, mine or theirs.
Ezekiel 6:8-11
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"I will let some escape the slaughter and be scattered among the nations,
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where they will live in exile. There they will remember me and know that I have punished them and disgraced them, because their faithless hearts deserted me and they preferred idols to me. And they will be disgusted with themselves because of the evil and degrading things they have done.
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They will know that I am the LORD and that my warnings were not empty threats."
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The Sovereign LORD said, "Wring your hands! Stamp your feet! Cry in sorrow because of all the evil, disgusting things the Israelites have done. They are going to die in war or of starvation or disease.
Ezekiel 7:16
Some will escape to the mountains like doves frightened from the valleys. All of them will moan over their sins.
Ezekiel 9:4-6
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"Go through the whole city of Jerusalem and put a mark on the forehead of everyone who is distressed and troubled because of all the disgusting things being done in the city."
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And I heard God say to the other men, "Follow him through the city and kill. Spare no one; have mercy on no one.
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Kill the old men, young men, young women, mothers, and children. But don't touch anyone who has the mark on his forehead. Start here at my Temple." So they began with the leaders who were standing there at the Temple.
Ezekiel 11:16-20
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"Now tell your fellow exiles what I am saying. I am the one who sent them to live in far-off nations and scattered them in other countries. Yet, for the time being I will be present with them in the lands where they have gone.
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"So tell them what I, the Sovereign LORD, am saying. I will gather them out of the countries where I scattered them, and will give the land of Israel back to them.
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When they return, they are to get rid of all the filthy, disgusting idols they find.
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I will give them a new heart and a new mind. I will take away their stubborn heart of stone and will give them an obedient heart.
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Then they will keep my laws and faithfully obey all my commands. They will be my people, and I will be their God.
Ezekiel 14:22
If some survive and save their children, look at them when they come to you. See how evil they are, and be convinced that the punishment I am bringing on Jerusalem is justified;
Ezekiel 14:23
then you will know that there was good reason for everything I did." The Sovereign LORD has spoken.
Micah 2:12
"But I will gather you together, all you people of Israel that are left. I will bring you together like sheep returning to the fold. Like a pasture full of sheep, your land will once again be filled with many people."
Matthew 24:22
But God has already reduced the number of days; had he not done so, nobody would survive. For the sake of his chosen people, however, God will reduce the days.
Romans 11:2-6
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God has not rejected his people, whom he chose from the beginning. You know what the scripture says in the passage where Elijah pleads with God against Israel:
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"Lord, they have killed your prophets and torn down your altars; I am the only one left, and they are trying to kill me."
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What answer did God give him? "I have kept for myself seven thousand men who have not worshiped the false god Baal."
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It is the same way now: there is a small number left of those whom God has chosen because of his grace.
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His choice is based on his grace, not on what they have done. For if God's choice were based on what people do, then his grace would not be real grace.
Revelation 3:4
But a few of you there in Sardis have kept your clothes clean. You will walk with me, clothed in white, because you are worthy to do so.
Revelation 11:2
But do not measure the outer courts, because they have been given to the heathen, who will trample on the Holy City for forty-two months.
Revelation 11:3
I will send my two witnesses dressed in sackcloth, and they will proclaim God's message during those 1, 260 days."