Ezekiel 14:18

18 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.

Ezekiel 14:18 Meaning and Commentary

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 ) .

Ezekiel 14:18 In-Context

16 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, but the land would be made desolate.

17 “Or suppose I were to bring war against the land, and I sent enemy armies to destroy both people and animals.

18 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.

19 “Or suppose I were to pour out my fury by sending an epidemic into the land, and the disease killed people and animals alike.

20 As surely as I live, says the Sovereign LORD, even if Noah, Daniel, and Job were there, they wouldn’t be able to save their own sons or daughters. They alone would be saved by their righteousness.