19 “Now as for you, son of man, [a](A)make two ways for the sword of the king of Babylon to come; both of them will go out of one land. And [b]make a signpost; [c]make it at the head of the way to the city. 20 You shall [d]mark a way for the sword to come to (B)Rabbah of the sons of Ammon, and to Judah into (C)fortified Jerusalem. 21 For the king of Babylon stands at the [e]parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use (D)divination; he (E)shakes the arrows, he consults the [f](F)household idols, he looks at the liver.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 21:19 Or set for yourself
  2. Ezekiel 21:19 Lit cut out a hand
  3. Ezekiel 21:19 Lit cut it
  4. Ezekiel 21:20 Lit set
  5. Ezekiel 21:21 Lit mother
  6. Ezekiel 21:21 Heb teraphim

19 “Son of man, mark out two roads for the sword(A) of the king of Babylon to take, both starting from the same country. Make a signpost(B) where the road branches off to the city. 20 Mark out one road for the sword to come against Rabbah of the Ammonites(C) and another against Judah and fortified Jerusalem. 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(D) with arrows, he will consult his idols,(E) he will examine the liver.(F)

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