Ezekiel 14:16-18

Amplified Bible, Classic Edition

¹⁶ Though these three men were in it, as I live, says the Lord God, they would deliver neither sons nor daughters; they themselves alone would be delivered but the land would be desolate (laid waste and deserted).

¹⁷ Or if I bring a sword upon that land and say, Sword, go through the land, so that I cut off man and beast from it,

¹⁸ Though these three men were in it, as I live, says the Lord God, they would deliver neither sons nor daughters, but they themselves alone would be delivered.