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.