Or if I bring a sword upon the land and say 'Let a sword pass through the land' and I cut off from it humans and animals, then even if Noah, Daniel, and Job were in it, as I live, declares the Lord God, they would deliver neither son nor daughter, but they alone would be delivered. This third scenario employs warfare and destruction as the judgment mechanism but maintains the unchanging principle of individual responsibility. The repetition of the same conclusion across three different judgment scenarios emphasizes the universality and immutability of this principle. The sword represents violent judgment from external enemies or divine agents.

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