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even if these three fragile men (Hebr. enósh) were there [in the land]—Noah, Daniel, and Job—they would only be able to save their own lives (souls—Hebr. nefesh) through their righteousness, declares (says, proclaims) the Lord of lords (Adonai Yahweh).
[Jeremiah has already said "even if Moses and Samuel stood before me," see . Noah and Job lived long before Ezekiel became a prophet. The two were examples of men who only managed to save those closest to them. When the flood came, the whole earth was affected, but Noah and his family were saved. Job prayed for his children, but they were struck by misfortune; however, Job and his wife survived. Daniel may be the contemporary biblical Daniel who was taken captive to Babylon, or the legend of a Daniel in the Ugaritic saga of Aqhat (1300 BC). In that case, three non-Jews from history are mentioned. A Daniel is also mentioned in .]
even if these three fragile men—Noah, Daniel, and Job []—were in it (the land), as surely as I live, declares (says, proclaims) the Lord of lords (Adonai Yahweh), they would not be able to save sons and not daughters, they would only save their own souls with their righteousness.
Behold, you are wiser than Daniel [may refer to the biblical Daniel, see Ezekiel 14:14, or Daniel in the Ugaritic tale of Aqhat],
there is no secret that can be hidden from you.
