Ezekiel 21:27-29
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
27 Into his right hand has fallen the lot marked “Jerusalem”:[a] to order the slaughter, to raise the battle cry, to set the battering rams against the gates, to throw up a ramp, to build siege works. 28 In the eyes of those bound by oath this seems like a false omen; yet the lot taken in hand exposes the wickedness for which they, still bound by oath, will be taken in hand.
29 Therefore thus says the Lord God: Because your guilt has been exposed, your crimes laid bare, your sinfulness revealed in all your deeds—because you have been exposed, you shall be taken in hand.(A)
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- 21:27–28 A lot marked “Jerusalem” falls out, which marks the guilt of the city’s inhabitants.
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