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20 Mark out a road that the sword can take to Rabbah of the Ammonites(A) and to Judah into fortified Jerusalem. 21 For the king of Babylon stands at the split in the road, at the fork of the two roads, to practise divination: he shakes the arrows, consults the idols, and observes the liver. 22 The answer marked[a] Jerusalem appears in his right hand, indicating that he should set up battering rams,(B) give the order to[b] slaughter, raise a battle cry, set battering rams against the gates, build a ramp, and construct a siege wall.

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  1. 21:22 Lit The divination for
  2. 21:22 Lit rams, open the mouth in

20 Mark out one road for the sword to come against Rabbah of the Ammonites(A) and another against Judah and fortified Jerusalem. 21 For the king of Babylon will stop at the fork in the road, at the junction of the two roads, to seek an omen: He will cast lots(B) with arrows, he will consult his idols,(C) he will examine the liver.(D) 22 Into his right hand will come the lot for Jerusalem, where he is to set up battering rams, to give the command to slaughter, to sound the battle cry,(E) to set battering rams against the gates, to build a ramp(F) and to erect siege works.(G)

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