Today is the sixth day of November. Welcome to the Daily Audio Bible.

I'm Brian. It's great to be here with you today.

And I'm glad we can take the next step forward in the scriptures together.

And that next step will be in the book of Ezekiel in the Old Testament and the book of Hebrews in the new.

And so let's dive in.

We're reading from the good news translation this week.

Ezekiel 14, verse 12 through 16, verse 41.

The Lord spoke to me.

Mortal man, he said.

If a country sins and is unfaithful to me, I will reach out and destroy its supply of food.

I will send a famine and kill people and animals alike. Even if those three men and Goodness would save only their own lives.

The sovereign Lord has spoken.

Or I might send wild animals to kill the people, making the land so dangerous that no one

could travel through it.

And even if those three men lived there,

as surely as I, the sovereign Lord, am the living God, they would not be able to save even their own children.

They would save only their own lives and the land would become a wilderness.

Or I might being wore on would become a wilderness.

Or I might bring war on that country and send destructive weapons to wipe out people and animals alike.

And even if those three men lived there, as surely as I, the sovereign Lord, am the living

God, they would not be able to save even their children, but only their own lives. If I send an

epidemic on that country and in my anger take many lives, killing people and animals. Even if Noah, Daniel, and Job lived there,

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