15 “Or I might send wild animals to kill the people, making the land so dangerous that no one could travel through it,
16 and even if those three men lived there — as surely as I, the Sovereign Lord, am the living God — they would not be able to save even their own children. They would save only their own lives, and the land would become a wilderness.
17 “Or I might bring war on that country and send destructive weapons to wipe out people and animals alike,
18 and even if those three men lived there — as surely as I, the Sovereign Lord, am the living God — they would not be able to save even their children, but only their own lives.
19 “If I send an epidemic on that country and in my anger take many lives, killing people and animals,
20 even if Noah, Danel, and Job lived there — as surely as I, the Sovereign Lord, am the living God — they would not be able to save even their own children. Their goodness would save only their own lives.”
21 This is what the Sovereign Lord is saying: “I will send my four worst punishments on Jerusalem — war, famine, wild animals, and disease — to destroy people and animals alike.