16. 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 own children. They would save only their own lives, and the land would become a wilderness.
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.