“Yet behold in it will be left those who escape, who will be carried forth, both sons and daughters. Behold they will come forth to you, and you will see their way and their doings, and you will be comforted concerning the evil that I have brought on Jerusalem, even concerning all that I have brought on it, and they will comfort you when you see their way and their doings, and you will know that I have not done without cause all that I have done in it, says the Lord Yahweh.”
But in the case of the judgment on Jerusalem some would be allowed to escape. The point here is that it is only because Yahweh determines it. These are not the righteous previously mentioned (it will include sons and daughters) but some chosen out to be an illustration to the exiles of why God's sore judgments have come on Jerusalem. As their way and doings are observed it will be clear why God has acted in judgment. Then the exiles will realise that His judgment was not without good reason. ‘Doings' always has a bad sense in Ezekiel (Ezekiel 20:43-44; Ezekiel 21:24; Ezekiel 24:14; Ezekiel 36:17; Ezekiel 36:19; Ezekiel 36:31).
‘You will be comforted.' Or rather ‘you will gain some kind of ease of heart from recognising that their judgment was just'. The word means ‘to breathe a deep breath'. Thus the idea is that they can again breathe freely because they recognise the justice of what has happened.
‘All that I have done in it, says the Lord Yahweh.' The prophet is quite clear on the fact that all that will happen will be the Lord's doing.