This was not true and yet God reasons with Israel, using the idea that was then popular, "Thus saith the Lord God, Because they say unto you, Thou land devourest up men, and hast bereaved thy nations; therefore thou (the land) shalt devour men no more...saith the Lord God" (Ezekiel 36:13,14).
Hii haikuwa kweli, hata hivyo Mungu alihojiana na Israeli, akitumia wazo lililokuwa wakati ule na watu wengi, "Bwana MUNGU asema hivi; Kwa kuwa watu hukuwaambia, wewe nchi u mwenye kula watu, nawe umekuwa mwenye kufisha watu wa taifa lako; basi (wewe nchi) hutakula watu tena, asema Bwana Mungu"(Ezek. 36: 13, 14).