¹⁴ I would punish that country even if Noah, Daniel, and Job^[a] lived there. They could save their own lives by their goodness, but they could not save the whole country.” This is what the Lord God said.

¹⁵ “Or I might send wild animals through that country to kill all the people. Then no one would travel through that country because of the wild animals. ¹⁶ If Noah, Daniel, and Job lived there, those three men could save their own lives. But I promise by my own life that they could not save the lives of other people—not even their own sons and daughters! That evil country would be destroyed.” This is what the Lord God said.