Ezekiel 21:18-24
Lexham English Bible
18 And the word of Yahweh came[a] to me, saying,[b] 19 “And you, son of man,[c] mark out for yourself[d] two roads for the coming of the sword of the king of Babylon; they must both[e] go out from the same land. And hew out a signpost;[f] hew it at the head of the road of the city. 20 You must mark a road for the coming of the sword to Rabbah of the Ammonites[g] and to Judah, in Jerusalem the fortified. 21 For the king of Babylon stands at the fork of the road at the head of the two roads to practice divination. He shakes the arrows,[h] he inquires with the teraphim, he examines[i] the liver. 22 In his right hand is the divination for Jerusalem, to put up battering rams, to open a mouth for slaughter,[j] to raise the battle cry,[k] to put up battering rams against gates, to build a siege ramp, to build siege works.[l] 23 And it will be to them like practicing divination falsely[m] in their eyes; they have sworn oaths for themselves.[n] But[o] he will bring their guilt to remembrance so as to seize them.
24 “Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: ‘Because you have brought to remembrance your guilt by the uncovering of your transgressions, so that your sins in all of your deeds appear—because of your being remembered, you will be captured in the hand.’
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- Ezekiel 21:18 Literally “was”
- Ezekiel 21:18 Literally “to say”
- Ezekiel 21:19 Or “mortal,” or “son of humankind”
- Ezekiel 21:19 Hebrew “you”
- Ezekiel 21:19 Literally “the two of them”
- Ezekiel 21:19 Literally “hand”
- Ezekiel 21:20 Literally “sons of Ammon”
- Ezekiel 21:21 Literally “he casts the lot with the arrows” (cf. NASB, NRSV)
- Ezekiel 21:21 Literally “sees with”
- Ezekiel 21:22 Or “open the mouth of Sheol”; or “give the command to slaughter” (cf. NRSV, NASB)
- Ezekiel 21:22 Literally “to raise a voice in shouting”
- Ezekiel 21:22 Hebrew “siege work”
- Ezekiel 21:23 Or “in vain”
- Ezekiel 21:23 Literally “swearers of oaths will be for them”
- Ezekiel 21:23 Or “And”
Ezekiel 21:18-24
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
18 The word of the Lord came to me: 19 Mortal, mark out two roads for the sword of the king of Babylon to come; both of them shall issue from the same land. And make a signpost; make it for a fork in the road leading to a city;(A) 20 mark out the road for the sword to come to Rabbah of the Ammonites or to Judah and to[a] Jerusalem the fortified.(B) 21 For the king of Babylon stands at the parting of the way, at the fork in the two roads, to use divination; he shakes the arrows; he consults the teraphim;[b] he inspects the liver.(C) 22 Into his right hand comes the lot for Jerusalem, to set battering rams, to call out for slaughter, for raising the battle cry, to set battering rams against the gates, to cast up ramps, 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, bringing about their capture.(D)
24 Therefore thus says the Lord God: Because you have brought your guilt to remembrance, in that your transgressions are uncovered, so that in all your deeds your sins appear—because you have come to remembrance, you shall be taken in hand.[c]
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