Ezekiel 14:18

though these three men were in it, as I live,” says the Lord GOD, “they would deliver neither sons nor daughters, but they only would be delivered themselves.

World English Bible British with Deuterocanon

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

17“Or if I bring a sword on that land, and say, ‘Sword, go through the land, so that I cut off from it man and animal’—

19“Or if I send a pestilence into that land, and pour out my wrath on it in blood, to cut off from it man and animal—

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Cross References

Ezekiel 12:15“‘They will know that I am the LORD when I disperse them amongst the nations and scatter them through the countries.

Ezekiel 14:16though these three men were in it, as I live,” says the Lord GOD, “they would deliver neither sons nor daughters. They only would be delivered, but the land would be desolate.

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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