Deuteronomy 4:27

God's Word

The Lord will scatter you among the people of the world, and only a few of you will be left among the nations where the Lord will force you to live.

Cross References

Genesis 11:4

Then they said, “Let’s build a city for ourselves and a tower with its top in the sky. Let’s make a name for ourselves so that we won’t become scattered all over the face of the earth.”

Genesis 34:30

Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have caused me a lot of trouble! You’ve made the people living in the area, the Canaanites and the Perizzites, hate me. There are only a few of us. If they join forces against me and attack me, my family and I will be wiped out.”

Nehemiah 1:3

They told me, “Those who survived captivity are in the province. They are enduring serious troubles and being insulted. The wall of Jerusalem has been broken down, and its gates have been destroyed by fire.”

Psalm 106:27

kill their descendants among the nations, and scatter them throughout various lands.

Psalm 44:11

You hand us over to be butchered like sheep and scatter us among the nations.

Psalm 44:12

You sell your people for almost nothing, and at that price you have gained nothing.

Isaiah 17:6

Only a few people will survive. They will be like an olive tree that has been beaten. Only two or three olives are left at the top of the highest branch, four or five olives on the rest of the branches,” declares the Lord God of Israel.

Jeremiah 16:13

So I will throw you out of this land into a land that you and your ancestors haven’t heard of. There you will serve other gods day and night because I will no longer have pity on you.’

Ezekiel 11:16

“So tell them, ‘This is what the Almighty Lord says: Although I sent them far away among the nations and scattered them among the countries, I have been their sanctuary for a little while among the countries where they’ve gone.’

Ezekiel 12:15

Then they will know that I am the Lord, because I will scatter them among the nations and force them into other countries.

Ezekiel 20:23

I raised my hand and swore an oath to them in the desert. I promised to scatter them among the nations and force them into other countries.

Ezekiel 22:15

I will scatter you among the nations and force you into other countries. I will put an end to your uncleanness.

Ezekiel 32:26

“Meshech and Tubal are there with all their soldiers, and the graves of their soldiers are all around them. Their soldiers were all godless people. They were killed in battle because they terrified others in the land of the living.

Daniel 9:7

You, Lord, are righteous. But we—the men of Judah, the citizens of Jerusalem, and all the Israelites whom you scattered in countries near and far—are still ashamed because we have been unfaithful to you.

Hosea 9:17

My God will reject them because they refused to listen to him. They will wander among the nations.

Leviticus 26:33

I will scatter you among the nations. War will follow you. Your country will be in ruins. Your cities will be deserted.

Zechariah 7:14

I used a windstorm to scatter them among all the nations, nations they hadn’t even heard of. They left behind a land so ruined that no one is able to travel through it. They have turned a pleasant land into a wasteland.”

Deuteronomy 28:36

The Lord will lead you and the king you choose to a nation that you and your ancestors never knew. There you will worship gods made of wood and stone.

Deuteronomy 29:28

In his fierce anger and fury the Lord uprooted these people from their land and deported them to another country, where they still are today.”

Deuteronomy 30:3

he will restore your fortunes. He will have mercy on you and gather you from all the nations of the world where he will scatter you.

Deuteronomy 32:26

I said that I would cut them in pieces and erase everyone’s memory of them.