22 Into his right hand came the divination, ‘Jerusalem,’ to (A)set up battering rams, to open the mouth [a]for [b]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; (B)they have sworn solemn oaths. But he (C)makes guilt known, so that they may be seized.

24 “Therefore, this is what the Lord God says: ‘Because you have made your guilt known, in that your offenses are uncovered, so that in all your deeds your sins are seen—because you have come to mind, you will be seized by the hand.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 21:22 Lit in
  2. Ezekiel 21:22 Another reading is war-cry

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