Ezekiel 14:18

and these three men in its midst: I live — an affirmation of the Lord Jehovah — they deliver not sons and daughters, for they alone are delivered.

Young's Literal Translation

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 — a sword I bring in against that land, and I have said: Sword, thou dost pass over through the land, and I have cut off from it man and beast —

19'Or — pestilence I send unto that land, and I have poured out My fury against it in blood, to cut off from it man and beast —

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Cross References

Ezekiel 12:15And they have known that I [am] Jehovah, in My scattering them among nations, and I have spread them through lands;

Ezekiel 14:16these three men in its midst: I live — an affirmation of the Lord Jehovah — neither sons nor daughters do they deliver; they alone are delivered, and the land is a desolation.

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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