Even though Noah, Daniel, and Job were in Jerusalem, as the Lord lives, they would not deliver son or daughter; they would deliver only their own souls by their righteousness. This final iteration of the principle stands alone without specifying a particular judgment agent, indicating that the principle transcends the particular mechanism of judgment. The absolute statement that these three righteous men could deliver only themselves establishes an iron law of individual accountability. This verse presents the principle in its most abstract and universal form.

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