Ezekiel 14:20

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though Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, as I live, says the Lord Yahweh, they should deliver neither son nor daughter; they should but deliver their own souls by their righteousness.

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Babylon was the Mesopotamian empire that had conquered Judah and deported many Judeans, including Ezekiel’s audience. Jerusalem, Judah’s covenant center and site of the temple, faced impending judgment; the passage declares that even exemplary righteous individuals could not avert God’s judgment on the city.

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Ezekiel 14:20 mentions Babylon and Jerusalem.

Babylon · Radomir Vrbovsky
Jerusalem · Godot13

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