18. If these three men were in that nation when I punished it, not even their children would be spared. Only the three men would live.
19. And suppose I am so angry that I send a deadly disease to wipe out the people and livestock of a sinful nation.
20. Again, even if Noah, Daniel, and Job were living there, I, the Lord, promise that the children of these faithful men would also die. Only the three of them would be spared.
21. I am the Lord God, and I promise to punish Jerusalem severely. I will send war, starvation, wild animals, and deadly disease to slaughter its people and livestock.
22. And those who survive will be taken from their country and led here to Babylonia. Ezekiel, when you see how sinful they are, you will know why I did all these things to Jerusalem.
23. You will be convinced that I, the Lord God, was right in doing what I did.