Jerusalem will not be Spared

¹² And the word of Yahweh came^[a] to me, saying,^{[b] 13} “Son of man,^[c] when a land sins against me by acting very unfaithfully,^[d] then I will stretch out my hand against it, and I will break for it the supply of food,^[e] and I will send against it famine, and I will cut it off, both human and animal. ¹⁴ And if even the three of these men were in the midst of it—Noah, Daniel, and Job—they, through their righteousness, would save only themselves!”^[f] declares^[g] the Lord Yahweh. ¹⁵ “If a fierce animal I should let cross through the land, and it should make it childless and it will be a desolation, so that there will not be one crossing over the land due to^[h] the presence of the animal, ¹⁶ even if these three men were in the midst of it, as surely as I live,”^[i] declares^[j] the Lord Yahweh, “surely they will not save sons and daughters; they themselves alone,^[k] they will be saved, but the land will be a desolation. ¹⁷ Or, if I bring a sword over that land, and I say, ‘Sword, let it cross over into^[l] the land!’ And I will cut off from it both human and animal. ¹⁸ And if these three men were in the midst of it, as surely as I live,”^[m] declares^[n] the Lord Yahweh, “they will not save sons and daughters, but they alone^[o] will be saved. ¹⁹ And if I were to send a plague to that land, and I pour out my rage on it with blood to cut it off, both human and animal, ²⁰ and if Noah, Daniel, and Job were in the midst of her, as surely as I live,”^[p] declares^[q] the Lord Yahweh, “surely not a son, surely not a daughter will they save by their righteousness; they would save themselves.”^{[r] 21} For thus says the Lord Yahweh: “How much more when I send my four punishments—the evil sword, and famine, and a fierce animal, and a plague—to Jerusalem to cut it off, both human and animal! ²² But^[s] look! A remnant will be left over in it, sons and daughters who will be brought out.^[t] Look! They are coming out to you, and you will see their way, and with their deeds you will be consoled with respect to^[u] the evil that I brought over Jerusalem, all of it that I brought over^[v] it. ²³ And they will console you when you see their way and their deeds, and you will know that not for nothing I did all that I did in it,” declares^[w] the Lord Yahweh.