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19-20 “Son of dust, make a map and on it trace two routes for the king of Babylon to follow—one to Jerusalem and the other to Rabbah in Transjordan.[a] And put a signpost at the fork in the road from Babylon. 21 For the king of Babylon stands at a fork, uncertain whether to attack Jerusalem or Rabbah. He will call his magicians to use divination; they will cast lots by shaking arrows from the quiver; they will sacrifice to idols and inspect the liver[b] of their sacrifice. 22 They will decide to turn toward Jerusalem! With battering rams they will go against the gates, shouting for the kill; they will build siege towers and make a hill against the walls to reach the top.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 21:19 Rabbah in Transjordan, literally, “Rabbah of the Ammonites.”
  2. Ezekiel 21:21 inspect the liver. A very common type of divination by which ancients thought they could obtain information from the gods.

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