Ezekiel 6:8

6:8 “‘But I will spare some of you. Some will escape the sword when you are scattered in foreign lands. ¹ 

Ezekiel 22:15

22:15 I will scatter you among the nations and disperse you among various countries; I will remove your impurity from you. ² 

Ezekiel 36:19

36:19 I scattered them among the nations; they were dispersed throughout foreign countries. In accordance with their behavior and their deeds I judged them.

¹ tn Heb “when you have fugitives from the sword among the nations, when you are scattered among the lands.”

² sn The ultimate purpose of divine judgment is to purify the covenant community of its sins.