Ezekiel 21:18-24
New American Standard Bible
The Instrument of God’s Judgment
18 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 19 “Now as for you, son of man, [a](A)make two ways for the sword of the king of Babylon to come; both of them will go out of one land. And [b]make a signpost; [c]make it at the head of the way to the city. 20 You shall [d]mark a way for the sword to come to (B)Rabbah of the sons of Ammon, and to Judah into (C)fortified Jerusalem. 21 For the king of Babylon stands at the [e]parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use (D)divination; he (E)shakes the arrows, he consults the [f](F)household idols, he looks at the liver. 22 Into his right hand came the divination, ‘Jerusalem,’ to (G)set up battering rams, to open the mouth [g]for [h]slaughter, to raise the voice with a battle cry, to set up battering rams against the gates, to pile up assault ramps, to build a siege wall. 23 And it will be to them like a false divination in their eyes; (H)they have sworn solemn oaths. But he (I)makes guilt known, so that they may be seized.
24 “Therefore, this is what the Lord God says: ‘Because you have made your guilt known, in that your offenses are uncovered, so that in all your deeds your sins are seen—because you have come to mind, you will be seized by the hand.
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- Ezekiel 21:19 Or set for yourself
- Ezekiel 21:19 Lit cut out a hand
- Ezekiel 21:19 Lit cut it
- Ezekiel 21:20 Lit set
- Ezekiel 21:21 Lit mother
- Ezekiel 21:21 Heb teraphim
- Ezekiel 21:22 Lit in
- Ezekiel 21:22 Another reading is war-cry
Ezekiel 21:18-24
Revised Standard Version
18 The word of the Lord came to me again: 19 “Son of man, mark two ways for the sword of the king of Babylon to come; both of them shall come forth from the same land. And make a signpost, make it at the head of the way to a city; 20 mark a way for the sword to come to Rabbah of the Ammonites and to Judah and to[a] Jerusalem the fortified. 21 For the king of Babylon stands at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination; he shakes the arrows, he consults the teraphim, he looks at the liver. 22 Into his right hand comes the lot for Jerusalem,[b] to open the mouth with a cry,[c] to lift up the voice with shouting, to set battering rams against the gates, to cast up mounds, to build siege towers. 23 But to them it will seem like a false divination; they have sworn solemn oaths; but he brings their guilt to remembrance, that they may be captured.
24 “Therefore thus says the Lord God: Because you have made your guilt to be remembered, in that your transgressions are uncovered, so that in all your doings your sins appear—because you have come to remembrance, you shall be taken in them.[d]
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- Ezekiel 21:20 Gk Syr: Heb in
- Ezekiel 21:22 Heb Jerusalem, to set battering rams
- Ezekiel 21:22 Gk: Heb with slaughter
- Ezekiel 21:24 Gk: Heb with the hand
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