Ezekiel 14:16-18

New King James Version

¹⁶ even ^(A)though these three men were ^[a]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 ^(B)desolate.

¹⁷ “Or if ^(C)I bring a sword on that land, and say, ‘Sword, go through the land,’ and I ^(D)cut off man and beast from it, ¹⁸ even ^(E)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.