Ezekiel:14:12-23

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* And the word of Jehovah came to me , saying , * Son of man , when a land sins against Me by traitorous betraying , then I will stretch out My hand on it , and I will shatter the staff of bread to it , and I will send famine on it . And I will cut off from it man and beast . * And though these three men were in its midst , Noah , Daniel , and Job , by their righteousness they should deliver only their souls , declares the Lord Jehovah . * If I make evil beasts go through the land , and they bereave it , and it is desolate , so that no one would go through because of the beasts , * though these three men were in its midst , as I live , declares the Lord Jehovah , they would deliver neither sons nor daughters ; they would only deliver themselves , but the land would be desolate . * Or if I bring a sword on that land and say , Let a sword go through the land , and I will cut off man and beast from it ; * even though these three men were in its midst , as I live , declares the Lord Jehovah , they should not deliver sons or daughters , but they only would deliver themselves . * Or if I send a plague into the land and pour out My fury on it in blood , to cut off from it man and beast ; * though Noah , Daniel , and Job were in its midst , as I live , declares the Lord Jehovah , they would deliver neither son nor daughter ; they by their righteousness would deliver only their souls . * For so says the Lord Jehovah , How much more when the four of My evil judgments : sword , and famine , and evil beast , and plague I send on Jerusalem , to cut off from it man and beast ! * Yet , behold , there shall be left in it escaping ones that shall be led out , sons and daughters . Behold , they shall come to you , and you shall see their way and their doings . And you will be comforted for the evil which I have brought against Jerusalem , for all which I have brought upon it . * And they will comfort you when you see their way and their doings . And you will know that not in vain I have done all that I did in it , declares the Lord Jehovah .

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