Ezekiel:14:12-23
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And the word of Jehovah came to me ,
saying ,
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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 .
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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 .
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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 ,
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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 .
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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 ;
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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 .
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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 ;
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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 .
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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 !
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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 .
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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 .