Ezekiel 21:21-23
Lexham English Bible
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,[a] he inquires with the teraphim, he examines[b] the liver. 22 In his right hand is the divination for Jerusalem, to put up battering rams, to open a mouth for slaughter,[c] to raise the battle cry,[d] to put up battering rams against gates, to build a siege ramp, to build siege works.[e] 23 And it will be to them like practicing divination falsely[f] in their eyes; they have sworn oaths for themselves.[g] But[h] he will bring their guilt to remembrance so as to seize them.
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- 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 21:21-23
New International Version
21 For the king of Babylon will stop at the fork in the road, at the junction of the two roads, to seek an omen: He will cast lots(A) with arrows, he will consult his idols,(B) he will examine the liver.(C) 22 Into his right hand will come the lot for Jerusalem, where he is to set up battering rams, to give the command to slaughter, to sound the battle cry,(D) to set battering rams against the gates, to build a ramp(E) and to erect siege works.(F) 23 It will seem like a false omen to those who have sworn allegiance to him, but he will remind(G) them of their guilt(H) and take them captive.
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