Ezekiel 21:20-22

Expanded Bible

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]. ²² The lot in his right hand tells him to go to Jerusalem. It tells him to use ·logs to break down the city gates [battering rams], to shout the battle cry and give the ·order to kill [command for slaughter], and to build ·a dirt road to the top of the walls [siege ramps] and ·devices to attack the walls [siege walls].