Ezekiel 14:16
then as surely as I live, declares the Lord God, even if these three men were in it, they could not deliver their own sons or daughters. They alone would be delivered, but the land would be desolate.
Though these three men were in it, as I live, saith the Lord God, they shall deliver neither sons nor daughters; they only shall be delivered, but the land shall be desolate.
Note in it: Heb. in the midst of it
though 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.
though these three men were in it, as I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, they should deliver neither sons nor daughters; they only should be delivered, but the land should be desolate.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- these
- Ezekiel 14:14, 18; Matthew 18:19, 20; James 5:16
- in it
- Heb. in the midst of it. as I live.
- Ezekiel 14:20; Ezekiel 33:11; Numbers 14:28, 29
- they shall
- Genesis 18:23–33; Genesis 19:29; Job 22:20; Acts 27:24; Hebrews 11:7