isaiah chapter 9 (Isaiah 9:1)
Nevertheless the dimness shall not be such as was in her vexation, when at the first he lightly afflicted the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, and afterward did more grievously afflict her by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, in Galilee of the nations.

The northern part of Israel saw the first of the northern invaders, obviously
This is their darkness, so their light is then first at the ministry of Jesus Christ

Matthew 4:15-16 The land of Zabulon, and the land of Nephthalim, by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles; The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up.

(Luke 1:79)
To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.

(Isaiah 9:2)
The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.

This is the prophecy for the opening of Jesus Ministry, in this area of the north where the invasion would start, so they who first saw the darkness come will first see the light arrive
The fulfillment of this is in all of the Gospels
Matthew 4:12, Mark 1:14, Mark 2:21, Luke 4:14, John 2:1
It is also where Jesus Christ was first rejected

FULFILLMENT IN THE GOSPELS

(Matthew 4:12-17)
Now when Jesus had heard that John was cast into prison, he departed into Galilee; And leaving Nazareth, he came and dwelt in Capernaum, which is upon the sea coast, in the borders of Zabulon and Nephthalim: That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, The land of Zabulon, and the land of Nephthalim, by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles; The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up. From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

Mark 1:21
And they went into Capernaum; and straightway on the sabbath day he entered into the synagogue, and taught.

Luke 4:28-30
And all they in the synagogue, when they heard these things, were filled with wrath, And rose up, and thrust him out of the city, and led him unto the brow of the hill whereon their city was built, that they might cast him down headlong. But he passing through the midst of them went his way,

John 2:1
And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was there:

(Isaiah 9:3)
Thou hast multiplied the nation, and not increased the joy: they joy before thee according to the joy in harvest, and as men rejoice when they divide the spoil.

It would seem that the physical blessing of this world do not bring anyone joy, not even being God's chosen nation

(Isaiah 9:4)
For thou hast broken the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, as in the day of Midian.

God gets the victory, and the Glory
God show how few soldiers are necessary to win over an impossible enemy
This is solely on faith, not might or power
Jesus Christ will break the bonds of all oppression today and always, for anyone who accepts Him and His sacrificial, substitutional death on the Cross for their sins and as their personal LORD and Saviour
The rod and staff of the LORD are the opposite to that of any man on earth

(Psalms 23:4 [KJV])
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.

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Judges Chapter 7: VICTORY OVER AND IN MIDIAN

CONTEXT

(Judges 6:5-6)
For they came up with their cattle and their tents, and they came as grasshoppers for multitude; for both they and their camels were without number: and they entered into the land to destroy it. And Israel was greatly impoverished because of the Midianites; and the children of Israel cried unto the LORD.

(Judges 7:1-2)
Then Jerubbaal, who is Gideon, and all the people that were with him, rose up early, and pitched beside the well of Harod: so that the host of the Midianites were on the north side of them, by the hill of Moreh, in the valley. And the LORD said unto Gideon, The people that are with thee are too many for me to give the Midianites into their hands, lest Israel vaunt themselves against me, saying, Mine own hand hath saved me.

With too many soldiers, man can claim a victory not his(v.2)
The odds, in man's mind, are not so impossible here yet

Judges 7:3-7
Now therefore go to, proclaim in the ears of the people, saying, Whosoever is fearful and afraid, let him return and depart early from mount Gilead. And there returned of the people twenty and two thousand; and there remained ten thousand. And the LORD said unto Gideon, The people are yet too many; bring them down unto the water, and I will try them for thee there: and it shall be, that of whom I say unto thee, This shall go with thee, the same shall go with thee; and of whomsoever I say unto thee, This shall not go with thee, the same shall not go.
So he brought down the people unto the water: and the LORD said unto Gideon, Every one that lappeth of the water with his tongue, as a dog lappeth, him shalt thou set by himself; likewise every one that boweth down upon his knees to drink. And the number of them that lapped, putting their hand to their mouth, were three hundred men: but all the rest of the people bowed down upon their knees to drink water. And the LORD said unto Gideon, By the three hundred men that lapped will I save you, and deliver the Midianites into thine hand: and let all the other people go every man unto his place.

Fear is a good factor or method to cull any army for battle
Two thirds down is a lot of shrinkage, but God is not done
Dogs were considered nothing and still are throughout the world, especially the Middle East
Possibly few would want to be known drinking like a dog and God knows this
This therefore will lower the numbers way down by yet another 97%
Now, with only 300 men, the odds are finally impossible against "an innumerable enemy"

Judges 7:8-14
So the people took victuals in their hand, and their trumpets: and he sent all the rest of Israel every man unto his tent, and retained those three hundred men: and the host of Midian was beneath him in the valley. And it came to pass the same night, that the LORD said unto him, Arise, get thee down unto the host; for I have delivered it into thine hand. But if thou fear to go down, go thou with Phurah thy servant down to the host: And thou shalt hear what they say; and afterward shall thine hands be strengthened to go down unto the host. Then went he down with Phurah his servant unto the outside of the armed men that were in the host. And the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the children of the east lay along in the valley like grasshoppers for multitude; and their camels were without number, as the sand by the sea side for multitude. And when Gideon was come, behold, there was a man that told a dream unto his fellow, and said, Behold, I dreamed a dream, and, lo, a cake of barley bread tumbled into the host of Midian, and came unto a tent, and smote it that it fell, and overturned it, that the tent lay along. And his fellow answered and said, This is nothing else save the sword of Gideon the son of Joash, a man of Israel: for into his hand hath God delivered Midian, and all the host.

The host of the Midianites had to have filled the entire valley-against the ragtag 300 man army of Israel
A prophecy of sure victory, increasing faith, proving God's Sovereignty, love, protection, preservation, promise
Barley cakes were common throughout the Bible

Judges 7:15-18 And it was so, when Gideon heard the telling of the dream, and the interpretation thereof, that he worshipped, and returned into the host of Israel, and said, Arise; for the LORD hath delivered into your hand the host of Midian. And he divided the three hundred men into three companies, and he put a trumpet in every man's hand, with empty pitchers, and lamps within the pitchers. And he said unto them, Look on me, and do likewise: and, behold, when I come to the outside of the camp, it shall be that, as I do, so shall ye do. When I blow with a trumpet, I and all that are with me, then blow ye the trumpets also on every side of all the camp, and say, The sword of the LORD, and of Gideon.

Knowing one has the victory already means it is reason and it is time to worship
The Sword of the LORD is God's Word-it's offensive as a weapon, all one needs for salvation from the enemy, perfect, twoedged(cuts both ways), and is God's promise of protection, salvation
See Psalm 119

(Hebrews 4:12 )
For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

(Revelation 1:16 )
And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp twoedged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength.

(Revelation 2:16 )
Repent; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.

(Ephesians 6:17 )
And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:

(Revelation 19:15 )
And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.

Judges 7:19-25
So Gideon, and the hundred men that were with him, came unto the outside of the camp in the beginning of the middle watch; and they had but newly set the watch: and they blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers that were in their hands. And the three companies blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers, and held the lamps in their left hands, and the trumpets in their right hands to blow withal: and they cried, The sword of the LORD, and of Gideon. And they stood every man in his place round about the camp: and all the host ran, and cried, and fled. And the three hundred blew the trumpets, and the LORD set every man's sword against his fellow, even throughout all the host: and the host fled to Bethshittah in Zererath, and to the border of Abelmeholah, unto Tabbath. And the men of Israel gathered themselves together out of Naphtali, and out of Asher, and out of all Manasseh, and pursued after the Midianites. And Gideon sent messengers throughout all mount Ephraim, saying, Come down against the Midianites, and take before them the waters unto Bethbarah and Jordan. Then all the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together, and took the waters unto Bethbarah and Jordan. And they took two princes of the Midianites, Oreb and Zeeb; and they slew Oreb upon the rock Oreb, and Zeeb they slew at the winepress of Zeeb, and pursued Midian, and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon on the other side Jordan.

Like this victory over Midian, Israel is told they will again emerge victorious over the Assyrian rampage, and all enemies, one day

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(Isaiah 9:5)
For every battle of the warrior is with confused noise, and garments rolled in blood; but this shall be with burning and fuel of fire.

The Return of the LORD Jesus Christ will include this victory of fire to destroy His enemies
The blood on earth at that time will be from the wars of the nations against Israel and against each other-plus the martyrdoms of the believers by the anti-christ's short-lived kingdom

(Revelation 14:20)
And the winepress was trodden without the city, and blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs.

(2 Thessalonians 1:7-8)
And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels, In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:

(Hebrews 12:29 )
For our God is a consuming fire.

(Isaiah 9:6-7)
For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this.

The Christmas card verse!
The "us" is the nation of Israel, from Abraham's promises to Davids Eternal Throne
"a son" is THE SON of God, God the Son
"the government" is in the Millennial Kingdom and all of Eternity
Jesus Christ is indeed Wonderful, full of Wonder
There is no better counsel than His Word
Mighty God, His Deity
Prince of Peace. His peace surpasses all understanding. His Peace He leaves us, not like the "peace" of this world

(Isaiah 9:8)
The Lord sent a word into Jacob, and it hath lighted upon Israel.

God has spoken to them through his prophets, and now Isaiah

(Isaiah 9:9)
And all the people shall know, even Ephraim and the inhabitant of Samaria, that say in the pride and stoutness of heart,

Pride kills, and will kill them also soon, with the remnant left
Rebellion is an offshoot of pride, since one will rebel from God, if they think they are great

STOUTNESS, n.

Strength; bulk.
Boldness; fortitude.
Obstinacy; stubbornness.

(Isaiah 9:10)
The bricks are fallen down, but we will build with hewn stones: the sycomores are cut down, but we will change them into cedars.

But a lack of national repentance and a desire to continue in the rebellion
This is the word of God rejected(1 Samuel 15:23)

REBELLION, STUBBORNNESS-"STOUTNESS OF HEART"
(Ezekiel 28:15 )
Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee.

(1 Samuel 15:23)
For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he hath also rejected thee from being king.

(Isaiah 9:11)
Therefore the LORD shall set up the adversaries of Rezin against him, and join his enemies together;

The reason for the invasion, destruction is simple: PRIDE

(Isaiah 9:12)
The Syrians before, and the Philistines behind; and they shall devour Israel with open mouth. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

Surrounded on two fronts, engulfed, eaten, chewed up, swallowed

(Isaiah 9:13)
For the people turneth not unto him that smiteth them, neither do they seek the LORD of hosts.

Again the reason is that they walked away and now refuse to come back

(Isaiah 9:14)
Therefore the LORD will cut off from Israel head and tail, branch and rush, in one day.

Each enemy on each end to cut off that end-using body parts and plants to describe it

(Isaiah 9:15)
The ancient and honourable, he is the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail.

Dead are the wise sages, dead are the false prophets
This was Israel's job to remove false teachers

(Deuteronomy 18:20)
But the prophet, which shall presume to speak a word in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or that shall speak in the name of other gods, even that prophet shall die.

(Isaiah 9:16)
For the leaders of this people cause them to err; and they that are led of them are destroyed.

Leadership leading the flock astray who are supposed to lead them toward the LORD
Shepherds lead and sheep follow.....that is natural.....to where they will follow is to where they shepherd leads, either good or bad
Shepherds are accountable to God more for their role
They also are attacked more, and need prayer for that
Throughout Israel's colored history, there were always those who led Israel astray, and here in the reign of Ahaz there is no exception

SHEPHERDS OF SHEEP: AHAZ

(2 Chronicles 28:1-3)
Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: but he did not that which was right in the sight of the LORD, like David his father: For he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and made also molten images for Baalim. Moreover he burnt incense in the valley of the son of Hinnom, and burnt his children in the fire, after the abominations of the heathen whom the LORD had cast out before the children of Israel.

Idolatry (molten images of Baal)
Burnt incense (exclusive duty of priests)
"The Valley of Hinnom" is a place for intense idolatry, groves of trees and child sacrifices of the past
Child sacrifice
According to the people that God cast out, for their benefit in order to worship Him, and be separate, because they were abominable
This practice still continues today throughout the world, as abortion (child sacrifice)
, idolatry never ceases

SHEPHERDS OF SHEEP: PASTORS

(Hebrews 13:17 [KJV])
Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.

(Hebrews 13:7 [KJV])
Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the word of God: whose faith follow, considering the end of their conversation.

(James 3:1 [KJV])
My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation.

(Isaiah 9:17)
Therefore the Lord shall have no joy in their young men, neither shall have mercy on their fatherless and widows: for every one is an hypocrite and an evildoer, and every mouth speaketh folly. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

Since God told them that they were ignoring the plight of the innocent and helpless widows and orphans, this is the judgment for that
And yet..........His Hand is stretched out still, seeking fellowship, repentance, wanting to forgive them

(Isaiah 9:18)
For wickedness burneth as the fire: it shall devour the briers and thorns, and shall kindle in the thickets of the forest, and they shall mount up like the lifting up of smoke.

Dry brush in large numbers, plus fire, means a raging inferno, unstoppable
Wickedness comes in like that.......subtly at first, then increases rapidly and then exponentially as more and more people are consumed with religious fervor
Add to this God being an all consuming fire in judgment, and this is a recipe for absolute cremation

GOD: A CONSUMING FIRE

(Deuteronomy 4:24)
For the LORD thy God is a consuming fire, even a jealous God.

(Deuteronomy 9:3)
Understand therefore this day, that the LORD thy God is he which goeth over before thee; as a consuming fire he shall destroy them, and he shall bring them down before thy face: so shalt thou drive them out, and destroy them quickly, as the LORD hath said unto thee.

(Hebrews 12:29)
For our God is a consuming fire.

(Isaiah 9:19)
Through the wrath of the LORD of hosts is the land darkened, and the people shall be as the fuel of the fire: no man shall spare his brother.

The tow, the spark, the fuel of fire, darkening, all consumption of the idolaters
A remnant shall be left, but the rest shall be consumed in God's wrath, using the Assyrian enemy in judgment

(Isaiah 9:20)
And he shall snatch on the right hand, and be hungry; and he shall eat on the left hand, and they shall not be satisfied: they shall eat every man the flesh of his own arm:

Famine, from the crops and all plants being consumed, nothing left but cannibalism
This is where worshiping false gods leads to in the end. There may be sin for a season, but judgment of sin is forever

(Hebrews 11:25 [KJV])
Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;

(Ezekiel 5:10)
Therefore the fathers shall eat the sons in the midst of thee, and the sons shall eat their fathers; and I will execute judgments in thee, and the whole remnant of thee will I scatter into all the winds.

THE HOPE, THE REMNANT OF ISRAEL

(Romans 11:4)
But what saith the answer of God unto him? I have reserved to myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to the image of Baal.

(1 Kings 19:18)
Yet I have left me seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed unto Baal, and every mouth which hath not kissed him.

(1 Kings 12:23)
Speak unto Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and unto all the house of Judah and Benjamin, and to the remnant of the people, saying,

(2 Kings 19:4)
It may be the LORD thy God will hear all the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach the living God; and will reprove the words which the LORD thy God hath heard: wherefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that are left.

(2 Kings 19:30)
And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall yet again take root downward, and bear fruit upward.

(2 Kings 19:31)
For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and they that escape out of mount Zion: the zeal of the LORD of hosts shall do this.

(2 Chronicles 30:6)
So the posts went with the letters from the king and his princes throughout all Israel and Judah, and according to the commandment of the king, saying, Ye children of Israel, turn again unto the LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, and he will return to the remnant of you, that are escaped out of the hand of the kings of Assyria.

(2 Chronicles 34:9)
And when they came to Hilkiah the high priest, they delivered the money that was brought into the house of God, which the Levites that kept the doors had gathered of the hand of Manasseh and Ephraim, and of all the remnant of Israel, and of all Judah and Benjamin; and they returned to Jerusalem.

(Ezra 3:8)
Now in the second year of their coming unto the house of God at Jerusalem, in the second month, began Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and the remnant of their brethren the priests and the Levites, and all they that were come out of the captivity unto Jerusalem; and appointed the Levites, from twenty years old and upward, to set forward the work of the house of the LORD.

(Ezra 9:8)
And now for a little space grace hath been shewed from the LORD our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a nail in his holy place, that our God may lighten our eyes, and give us a little reviving in our bondage.

(Nehemiah 1:3)
And they said unto me, The remnant that are left of the captivity> there in the province are in great affliction and reproach: the wall of Jerusalem also is broken down, and the gates thereof are burned with fire.

(Isaiah 1:9)
Except the LORD of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, and we should have been like unto Gomorrah.

(Isaiah 10:20)
And it shall come to pass in that day, that the remnant of Israel, and such as are escaped of the house of Jacob, shall no more again stay upon him that smote them; but shall stay upon the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, in truth.

(Isaiah 10:21)
The remnant shall return, even the remnant of Jacob, unto the mighty God.

(Isaiah 10:22)
For though thy people Israel be as the sand of the sea, yet a remnant of them shall return: the consumption decreed shall overflow with righteousness.

(Isaiah 11:11)
And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.

(Isaiah 11:16)
And there shall be an highway for the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria; like as it was to Israel in the day that he came up out of the land of Egypt.

(Isaiah 14:22)
For I will rise up against them, saith the LORD of hosts, and cut off from Babylon the name, and remnant, and son, and nephew, saith the LORD.

(Isaiah 37:4)
It may be the LORD thy God will hear the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach the living God, and will reprove the words which the LORD thy God hath heard: wherefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that is left.

(Isaiah 37:31)
And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward:

(Isaiah 37:32)
For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and they that escape out of mount Zion: the zeal of the LORD of hosts shall do this.

(Isaiah 46:3)
Hearken unto me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, which are borne by me from the belly, which are carried from the womb:

(Jeremiah 6:9)
Thus saith the LORD of hosts, They shall throughly glean the remnant of Israel as a vine: turn back thine hand as a grapegatherer into the baskets.

(Jeremiah 23:3)
And I will gather the remnant of my flock out of all countries whither I have driven them, and will bring them again to their folds; and they shall be fruitful and increase.

(Jeremiah 31:7)
For thus saith the LORD; Sing with gladness for Jacob, and shout among the chief of the nations: publish ye, praise ye, and say, O LORD, save thy people, the remnant of Israel.

(Jeremiah 40:11)
Likewise when all the Jews that were in Moab, and among the Ammonites, and in Edom, and that were in all the countries, heard that the king of Babylon had left a remnant of Judah, and that he had set over them Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan;

(Jeremiah 40:15)
Then Johanan the son of Kareah spake to Gedaliah in Mizpah secretly, saying, Let me go, I pray thee, and I will slay Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and no man shall know it: wherefore should he slay thee, that all the Jews which are gathered unto thee should be scattered, and the remnant in Judah perish?

(Jeremiah 41:16)
Then took Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were with him, all the remnant of the people whom he had recovered from Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, from Mizpah, after that he had slain Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, even mighty men of war, and the women, and the children, and the eunuchs, whom he had brought again from Gibeon:

(Jeremiah 42:2)
And said unto Jeremiah the prophet, Let, we beseech thee, our supplication be accepted before thee, and pray for us unto the LORD thy God, even for all this remnant; (for we are left but a few of many, as thine eyes do behold us:)

(Jeremiah 42:15)
And now therefore hear the word of the LORD, ye remnant of Judah; Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; If ye wholly set your faces to enter into Egypt, and go to sojourn there;

(Jeremiah 42:19)
The LORD hath said concerning you, O ye remnant of Judah; Go ye not into Egypt: know certainly that I have admonished you this day.

(Jeremiah 43:5)
But Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces, took all the remnant of Judah, that were returned from all nations, whither they had been driven, to dwell in the land of Judah;

(Jeremiah 44:12)
And I will take the remnant of Judah, that have set their faces to go into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, and they shall all be consumed, and fall in the land of Egypt; they shall even be consumed by the sword and by the famine: they shall die, from the least even unto the greatest, by the sword and by the famine: and they shall be an execration, and an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach.

(Jeremiah 44:28)
Yet a small number that escape the sword shall return out of the land of Egypt into the land of Judah, and all the remnant of Judah, that are gone into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall know whose words shall stand, mine, or theirs.

(Ezekiel 6:8)
Yet will I leave a remnant, that ye may have some that shall escape the sword among the nations, when ye shall be scattered through the countries.

(Ezekiel 11:13)
And it came to pass, when I prophesied, that Pelatiah the son of Benaiah died. Then fell I down upon my face, and cried with a loud voice, and said, Ah Lord GOD! wilt thou make a full end of the remnant of Israel?

(Ezekiel 14:22)
Yet, behold, therein shall be left a remnant that shall be brought forth, both sons and daughters: behold, they shall come forth unto you, and ye shall see their way and their doings: and ye shall be comforted concerning the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, even concerning all that I have brought upon it.

(Joel 2:32)
And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the LORD shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the LORD hath said, and in the remnant whom the LORD shall call.

(Amos 5:15)
Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that the LORD God of hosts will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.

(Micah 2:12)
I will surely assemble, O Jacob, all of thee; I will surely gather the remnant of Israel; I will put them together as the sheep of Bozrah, as the flock in the midst of their fold: they shall make great noise by reason of the multitude of men.

(Micah 4:7)
And I will make her that halted a remnant, and her that was cast far off a strong nation: and the LORD shall reign over them in mount Zion from henceforth, even for ever.

(Micah 5:3)
Therefore will he give them up, until the time that she which travaileth hath brought forth: then the remnant of his brethren shall return unto the children of Israel.

(Micah 5:7)
And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many people as a dew from the LORD, as the showers upon the grass, that tarrieth not for man, nor waiteth for the sons of men.

(Micah 5:8)
And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles in the midst of many people as a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a young lion among the flocks of sheep: who, if he go through, both treadeth down, and teareth in pieces, and none can deliver.

(Micah 7:18)
Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy.

(Zephaniah 2:7)
And the coast shall be for the remnant of the house of Judah; they shall feed thereupon: in the houses of Ashkelon shall they lie down in the evening: for the LORD their God shall visit them, and turn away their captivity.

(Zephaniah 2:9)
Therefore as I live, saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, even the breeding of nettles, and saltpits, and a perpetual desolation: the residue of my people shall spoil them, and the remnant of my people shall possess them.

(Zephaniah 3:13)
The remnant of Israel shall not do iniquity, nor speak lies; neither shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth: for they shall feed and lie down, and none shall make them afraid.

(Haggai 1:12)
Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, with all the remnant of the people, obeyed the voice of the LORD their God, and the words of Haggai the prophet, as the LORD their God had sent him, and the people did fear before the LORD.

(Haggai 1:14)
And the LORD stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people; and they came and did work in the house of the LORD of hosts, their God,

(Zechariah 8:6)
Thus saith the LORD of hosts; If it be marvellous in the eyes of the remnant of this people in these days, should it also be marvellous in mine eyes? saith the LORD of hosts.

(Zechariah 8:12)
For the seed shall be prosperous; the vine shall give her fruit, and the ground shall give her increase, and the heavens shall give their dew; and I will cause the remnant of this people to possess all these things.

(Romans 9:27)
Esaias also crieth concerning Israel, Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved:

(Romans 11:5)
Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.

(Revelation 12:17)
And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.

(Isaiah 9:21)
Manasseh, Ephraim; and Ephraim, Manasseh: and they together shall be against Judah. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

Even in Judgment, God is merciful, waiting for them to come back home