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 practice 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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Footnotes

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

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