Ezekiel 14:15 Meaning
If I cause noisome beasts to pass through the land, and they spoil it, so that it be desolate, that no man may pass through because of the beasts:
Context Explained
13Son of man, when the land sinneth against me by trespassing grievously, then will I stretch out mine hand upon it, and will break the staff of the bread thereof, and will send famine upon it, and will cut off man and beast from it:
14Though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they should deliver but their own souls by their righteousness, saith the Lord GOD.
15If I cause noisome beasts to pass through the land, and they spoil it, so that it be desolate, that no man may pass through because of the beasts:
16Though 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.
17Or if I bring a sword upon that land, and say, Sword, go through the land; so that I cut off man and beast from it:
Key Themes
Related Cross References
Ezekiel 14:21
This verse continues the theme of judgment and desolation in Ezekiel.
Revelation 6:8
Both passages describe desolation and destruction as a consequence of divine judgment.
Jeremiah 15:3
Jeremiah also speaks of calamity as a form of judgment from God.
Source: Ezekiel 14:15