Ezekiel 14:12–23
12 And the word of Yahweh came to me, ⌊saying⌋,w 13 “Son of man,x when a land sins against me by ⌊acting very unfaithfully⌋,y then I will stretch out my hand against it, and I will break for it the ⌊supply of food⌋,z and I will send against it famine, and I will cut it off, both human and animal. 14 And if even the three of these men were in the midst of it—Noah, Daniel, and Job—they, through their righteousness, would save only ⌊themselves⌋!”a ⌊declares⌋b the Lord Yahweh. 15 “If a fierce animal I should let cross through the land, and it should make it childless and it will be a desolation, so that there will not be one crossing over the land ⌊due to⌋c the presence of the animal, 16 even if these three men were in the midst of it, ⌊as surely as I live⌋,”d ⌊declares⌋e the Lord Yahweh, “surely they will not save sons and daughters; ⌊they themselves alone⌋,f they will be saved, but the land will be a desolation. 17 Or, if I bring a sword over that land, and I say, ‘Sword, let it cross over intog the land!’ And I will cut off from it both human and animal. 18 And if these three men were in the midst of it, ⌊as surely as I live⌋,”h ⌊declares⌋i the Lord Yahweh, “they will not save sons and daughters, but ⌊they alone⌋j will be saved. 19 And if I were to send a plague to that land, and I pour out my rage on it with blood to cut it off, both human and animal, 20 and if Noah, Daniel, and Job were in the midst of her, ⌊as surely as I live⌋,”k ⌊declares⌋l the Lord Yahweh, “surely not a son, surely not a daughter will they save by their righteousness; they would save ⌊themselves⌋.”m 21 For thus says the Lord Yahweh: “How much more when I send my four punishments—the evil sword, and famine, and a fierce animal, and a plague—to Jerusalem to cut it off, both human and animal! 22 Butn look! A remnant will be left over in it, sons and daughters ⌊who will be brought out⌋.o Look! They are coming out to you, and you will see their way, and with their deeds you will be consoled with respect top the evil that I brought over Jerusalem, all of it that I brought overq it. 23 And they will console you when you see their way and their deeds, and you will know that not for nothing I did all that I did in it,” ⌊declares⌋r the Lord Yahweh.