15. “If I cause wild beasts to pass through the land, and they empty it, and make it so desolate that no man may pass through because of the beasts,
16. even though these three men were in it, as I live,” says the Lord God, “they would deliver neither sons nor daughters; only they would be delivered, and the land would be desolate.
17. “Or if I bring a sword on that land, and say, ‘Sword, go through the land,’ and I cut off man and beast from it,
18. even though these three men were in it, as I live,” says the Lord God, “they would deliver neither sons nor daughters, but only they themselves would be delivered.
19. “Or if I send a pestilence into that land and pour out My fury on it in blood, and cut off from it man and beast,
20. even though Noah, Daniel, and Job were in it, as I live,” says the Lord God, “they would deliver neither son nor daughter; they would deliver only themselves by their righteousness.”