Ezekiel 21:19-21

Expanded Bible

¹⁹ “·Human [^TSon of man; 2:1], mark two roads that the king of Babylon and his sword can follow. Both of these roads will start from the same country. And make signs where the road divides and one way goes toward the city. ²⁰ Mark one sign to show the road ·he can take with his sword [^Lfor the sword to come] to Rabbah in the land of the Ammonites. Mark the other sign to show the road to Judah and Jerusalem, which is protected with strong walls [^Cmoving south from Syria, the roads branch east and west of the Jordan River]. ²¹ The king of Babylon has come to where the road divides, and he is using ·magic [divination]. He ·throws lots with [^Lshakes] arrows and ·asks questions of his family idols [^Lconsults the teraphim]. He looks at the ·liver of a sacrificed animal [^Lliver; ^Cmethods of divination, used here to determine which road to take].