12 The word of Adonai came to me saying,
13 “Son of man, suppose a land sins against Me by trespassing grievously and I stretch out My hand over it, break off its staff of bread, send famine upon it and cut it off from man and beast.
14 Even if these three men—Noah, Daniel and Job—be in it, they would only deliver their own souls by their righteousness.” It is a declaration of Adonai.
15 “If I cause evil beasts to pass through the land and they ravage it and make it a wasteland, so that no one would pass through because of the beasts,
16 even if these three men were in it, as I live, says Adonai, they will not deliver sons or daughters. They would only deliver themselves, but the land will be desolate.
17 Or if I bring a sword on that land and say: ‘Let the 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 Adonai, they will not deliver sons or daughters, for they will only deliver themselves.