17. Or if I should bring a sword on that country and say, 'Let the sword pass through the country and cut off man and beast from it,'
18. 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.
19. Or if I should send a plague against that country and pour out My wrath in blood on it to cut off man and beast from it,
20. 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."