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

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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