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Son of man, when the landsinneth against me by trespassinggrievously, then will I stretch out mine hand upon it, and will break the staff of the bread thereof, and will sendfamine upon it, and will cut offman and beast from it:
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Though these threemen were in it, as I live,saith the LordGOD, they shall deliver neither sons nor daughters; they only shall be delivered, but the land shall be desolate.
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Though these threemen were in it, as I live,saith the LordGOD, they shall deliver neither sons nor daughters, but they only shall be delivered themselves.
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Though Noah,Daniel, and Job, were in it, as I live,saith the LordGOD, they shall deliver neither sonnordaughter; they shall but deliver their own souls by their righteousness.
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For thus saith the LordGOD; How much more when I send my foursorejudgments upon Jerusalem, the sword, and the famine, and the noisomebeast, and the pestilence, to cut off from it man and beast?
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Yet, behold, therein shall be left a remnant that shall be brought forth, both sons and daughters: behold, they shall come forth unto you, and ye shall see their way and their doings: and ye shall be comforted concerning the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, even concerning all that I have brought upon it.
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And they shall comfort you, when ye see their ways and their doings: and ye shall know that I have not done without cause all that I have done in it, saith the LordGOD.