nkjv Ezekiel:14:12-23 SEEK
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The word of the LORD came again to me ,
saying :
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Son of man ,
when a land sins against Me by persistent unfaithfulness ,
I will stretch out My hand against it ;
I will cut off its supply of bread ,
send famine on it ,
and cut off man and beast from it .
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Even if these three men ,
Noah ,
Daniel ,
and Job ,
were in it ,
they would deliver only themselves by their righteousness ,"
says the Lord GOD .
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If I cause wild beasts to pass through the land ,
and they empty it ,
and make it so desolate that no man may pass through because of the beasts ,
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even though these three men were in it ,
as I live ,"
says the Lord GOD , "
they would deliver neither sons nor daughters ;
only they would be delivered ,
and the land would be desolate .
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Or if I bring a sword on that land ,
and say , "
Sword ,
go through the land ,'
and I cut off man and beast from it ,
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even though these three men were in it ,
as I live ,"
says the Lord GOD , "
they would deliver neither sons nor daughters ,
but only they themselves would be delivered .
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Or if I send a pestilence into that land and pour out My fury on it in blood ,
and cut off from it man and beast ,
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even though Noah ,
Daniel ,
and Job were in it ,
as I live ,"
says the Lord GOD , "
they would deliver neither son nor daughter ;
they would deliver only themselves by their righteousness ."
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For thus says the Lord GOD : "
How much more it shall be when I send My four severe judgments on Jerusalem--the sword and famine and wild beasts and pestilence--to cut off man and beast from it ?
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Yet behold ,
there shall be left in it a remnant who will be brought out ,
both sons and daughters ;
surely they will come out to you ,
and you will see their ways and their doings .
Then you will be comforted concerning the disaster that I have brought upon Jerusalem ,
all that I have brought upon it .
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And they will comfort you ,
when you see their ways and their doings ;
and you shall know that I have done nothing without cause that I have done in it ,"
says the Lord GOD .