17. “Or I might bring war on that country and send destructive weapons to wipe out people and animals alike,
18. and even if those three men lived there — as surely as I, the Sovereign Lord, am the living God — they would not be able to save even their children, but only their own lives.
19. “If I send an epidemic on that country and in my anger take many lives, killing people and animals,
20. even if Noah, Danel, and Job lived there — as surely as I, the Sovereign Lord, am the living God — they would not be able to save even their own children. Their goodness would save only their own lives.”
21. This is what the Sovereign Lord is saying: “I will send my four worst punishments on Jerusalem — war, famine, wild animals, and disease — to destroy people and animals alike.