Ezekiel:14:12-23

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* And the word of the Lord came unto me , saying , * Son of man , if a land should sin against me by trespassing grievously , and I stretch out my hand against it , and break unto it the staff of bread , and send out famine against it , and cut off from it man and beast ; * And if there be these three men , Noah , Daniel , and Job , in the midst of it : these through their righteousness should save but their own soul ; saith the Lord Eternal . * If I cause wild beasts to pass through the land , and they depopulate it , and it becometh desolate , without any one to pass through because of the beasts : * These three men in it , as I live , saith the Lord Eternal , should not save either sons or daughters : they only should be saved , but the land should be made desolate . * Or , if I should bring a sword over that land , and say , The sword shall pass through the land , and I cut off from it man and beast ; * And if these three men should be in it : as I live , saith the Lord Eternal , they should not save either sons or daughters , but they alone should be saved . * Or , if I should send out the pestilence against that land , and pour out my fury over it in blood , to cut off from it man and beast ; * And if Noah , Daniel , and Job , should be in the midst of it : as I live , saith the Lord Eternal , they should not save either son or daughter ; they through their righteousness should save their own soul . * For thus hath said the Lord Eternal , Although I send my four dreadful means of punishment over Jerusalem , the sword , and the famine , and the wild beasts , and the pestilence , to cut off from it man and beast : * Still , behold , there are left therein some that escape who shall be carried forth , both sons and daughters ; behold , they are coming forth unto you , and ye will see their way and their doings ; and then will ye be comforted concerning the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem , yea , concerning all that I have brought upon it ; * And they will comfort you , when ye see their way and their doings ; and ye shall know that I have not done without cause all that I have executed in it , saith the Lord Eternal .

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