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Ezekiel 14:16

Ezekiel 14:16
Though these three men were in it, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, they shall deliver neither sons nor daughters; they only shall be delivered, but the land shall be desolate.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Or if I bring a sword upon that land,.... The land which had grievously sinned; the same land into which a famine should come, and through which evil beasts should pass; to which, if the Lord should…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Ezekiel 14:12-23

Jer. 14; 15 is a remarkable parallel to this prophecy. Here, as elsewhere, Ezekiel is commissioned to deliver to the exiles the same message which Jeremiah conveys to the inhabitants of Judaea. The…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Ezekiel 14:12-23

The scope of these verses is to show,

I. That national sins bring national judgments. When virtue is ruined and laid waste every thing else will soon be ruined and laid waste too (Eze 14:13): When the…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

neither sons nor daughters There is no support in the words for the idea of Hävernick that the three names, Noah, Daniel and Job form a climax, inasmuch as Noah saved his children, Daniel only his…