Ezekiel 14:18
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as surely as I live, declares the Sovereign LORD, even if these three men were in it, they could not save their own sons or daughters. They alone would be saved.
Read Ezekiel 14:18 Using Other Translations
Though these three men were in it, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, they shall deliver neither sons nor daughters, but they only shall be delivered themselves.
though these three men were in it, as I live, declares the Lord GOD, they would deliver neither sons nor daughters, but they alone would be delivered.
As surely as I live, says the Sovereign LORD, even if those three men were there, they wouldn’t be able to save their own sons or daughters. They alone would be saved.
What does Ezekiel 14:18 mean?
John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
Ezekiel 14:18
Though these three men [were] in it
Before mentioned: [as] I live, saith the Lord God, they
shall deliver neither sons nor
daughters:
believe me no more, or be it so and so, if they do; it is in the
form of an oath, and in the same manner it is expressed in (
Ezekiel
14:16 Ezekiel
14:20 ) ; but they only shall be delivered
themselves;
their own souls or lives, and by their righteousness, as in (
Ezekiel
14:14 ) .
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