Ezekiel 14:18

Even if these three men were in it, by my life, says the Lord, they would not keep safe their sons or daughters, but only themselves.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

Though these three men were in it, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, they shall deliver neither sons nor daughters, but they only shall be delivered themselves.

In Context

17Or if I send a sword against that land, and say, Sword, go through the land, cutting off from it man and beast:

19Or if I send disease into that land, letting loose my wrath on it in blood, cutting off from it man and beast:

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Cross References

Ezekiel 12:15And they will be certain that I am the Lord, when I send them in flight among the nations, driving them out through the countries.

Ezekiel 14:16Even if these three men were in it, by my life, says the Lord, they would not keep safe their sons or daughters, but only themselves, and the land would be made waste.

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 14:13-23

Destruction of the People Determined; The Variety of the Divine Judgment; A Remnant Preserved. ( b. c. 593.) 12 The word of the Lord came again to me, saying, 13 Son of man, when the land sinneth against me by trespassing grievously, then will I stretch out mine hand upon it, and will break the staff of the bread thereof, and will send famine upon it, and will cut off man and beast from it: 14 Though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they should deliver but their own souls by their righteousness,… Read the whole commentary →

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