21 For the king of Babylon stands at the [a]parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use (A)divination; he (B)shakes the arrows, he consults the [b](C)household idols, he looks at the liver. 22 Into his right hand came the divination, ‘Jerusalem,’ to (D)set up battering rams, to open the mouth [c]for [d]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; (E)they have sworn solemn oaths. But he (F)makes guilt known, so that they may be seized.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 21:21 Lit mother
  2. Ezekiel 21:21 Heb teraphim
  3. Ezekiel 21:22 Lit in
  4. Ezekiel 21:22 Another reading is war-cry

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