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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Get a full Reformed explanation of this passageBabylon 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.
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