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though these three men were in it, as I live, says the Lord Yahweh, they should deliver neither sons nor daughters; they only should be delivered, but the land should be desolate.
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The Limits of Intercession
Commentators stress a sobering point: when a nation's sin reaches a certain threshold, even the presence and prayers of the most righteous individuals like Noah, Daniel, and Job cannot save it from judgment. In this specific, decreed case, their righteousness would save only themselves, not even their own children. This highlights the severe consequences of corporate rebellion against God.
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Ezekiel
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18th Century
Presbyterian
(Jeremiah 14; Jeremiah 15) is a remarkable parallel to this prophecy. Here, as elsewhere, Ezekiel is commissioned to deliver…
19th Century
Anglican
In these verses the same declaration is repeated, for the sake of emphasis, with each one of three other instruments of punishment, with only such …
16th Century
Protestant
Now he mentions the second kind of punishment. For we said that God’s four scourges were here brought before us, which are more familiarly known to…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
[Though] these three men [were] in it Above named, Noah, Daniel, and Job; as they were not, two of them not being in…
National sins bring national judgments. Though sinners escape one judgment, another is waiting for them. When God's professing people rebel against…