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		- though these three men were in its midst, as I live," declares the Lord GOD, "they could not deliver either their sons or their daughters. They alone would be delivered, but the country would be desolate.
 - "Or if I should bring a sword on that country and say, 'Let the sword pass through the country and cut off man and beast from it,'
 - even though these three men were in its midst, as I live," declares the Lord GOD, "they could not deliver either their sons or their daughters, but they alone would be delivered.
 - "Or if I should send a plague against that country and pour out My wrath in blood on it to cut off man and beast from it,
 - even though Noah, Daniel and Job were in its midst, as I live," declares the Lord GOD, "they could not deliver either their son or their daughter. They would deliver only themselves by their righteousness."
		
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