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Then the word of the Lord came to me saying,

"Son of man, if a country sins against Me by ^(s)committing unfaithfulness, and I stretch out My hand against it, ^[h]destroy its ^(t)supply of bread, send famine against it and cut off from it both man and beast,

even ^(u)though these three men, ^(v)Noah, ^(w)Daniel and ^(x)Job were in its midst, by their own righteousness they could only deliver ^(y)themselves," declares the Lord God .

"If I were to cause ^(z)wild beasts to pass through the land and they ^[i]depopulated it, and it became desolate so that no one would pass through it because of the beasts,

though these three men were in its midst, as I live," declares the Lord God , "they could not deliver either their sons or their daughters. ^(aa)They alone would be delivered, but the country would be desolate.

Or if I should ^(ab)bring a sword on that country and say, ‘Let the sword pass through the country and ^(ac)cut off man and beast from it,'

even though these three men were in its midst, as I live," declares the Lord God , "they could not deliver either their sons or their daughters, but they alone would be delivered.

Or if I should send a ^(ad)plague against that country and pour out My wrath in blood on it to cut off man and beast from it,

even though Noah, Daniel and Job were in its midst, as I live," declares the Lord God , "they could not deliver either their son or their daughter. They would deliver only themselves by their righteousness."

For thus says the Lord God , "How much more when ^(ae)I send My four ^[j]severe judgments against Jerusalem: sword, famine, wild beasts and plague to cut off man and beast from it!