The Bible

 

Jeremiah 40:11

Study

       

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;

Commentary

 

Left in the land

  

In Isaiah 7:22, this signifies remnants of good and truth. (Arcana Coelestia 680[5])

In Luke 17:34, it says that at the last judgment, 'one shall be taken from the mill, and the other left,' and 'being left' indicates that the world would not be destroyed.

(References: Arcana Coelestia 680)