Ezekiel 21
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Ezekiel 21:20-22

20You shall 1markH7760 a wayH1870 for the swordH2719 to comeH935 to 2RabbahH7237 of the sonsH1121 of AmmonH5983, and to JudahH3063 into 3fortifiedH1219 JerusalemH3389.

21For the kingH4428 of BabylonH894 standsH5975 at the 4partingH517 of the wayH1870, at the headH7218 of the twoH8147 waysH1870, to useH7080 5divinationH7081; he 6shakesH7043 the arrowsH2671, he consultsH7592 the 78householdH8655 idolsH8655, he looksH7200 at the liverH3516.

22Into his rightH3225 handH3225 cameH1961 the divinationH7081, ‘JerusalemH3389,’ to 9setH7760 upH7760 batteringH3733 ramsH3733, to openH6605 the mouthH6310 10for 11slaughterH7524, to raiseH7311 the voiceH6963 with a battleH8643 cryH8643, to setH7760 upH7760 batteringH3733 ramsH3733 againstH5921 the gatesH8179, to pileH8210 upH8210 assaultH5550 rampsH5550, to buildH1129 a siegeH1785 wallH1785.

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Notes

  1. 1. Ezekiel 21:20 Lit set ↩
  2. 2. Ezekiel 21:20 Deut 3:11; Jer 49:2; Ezek 25:5; Amos 1:14 ↩
  3. 3. Ezekiel 21:20 Ps 48:12, 13; 125:1, 2 ↩
  4. 4. Ezekiel 21:21 Lit mother ↩
  5. 5. Ezekiel 21:21 Num 22:7; 23:23 ↩
  6. 6. Ezekiel 21:21 Prov 16:33 ↩
  7. 7. Ezekiel 21:21 Heb teraphim ↩
  8. 8. Ezekiel 21:21 Gen 31:19, 30; Judg 17:5; 18:17, 20 ↩
  9. 9. Ezekiel 21:22 Ezek 4:2; 26:9 ↩
  10. 10. Ezekiel 21:22 Lit in ↩
  11. 11. Ezekiel 21:22 Another reading is war-cry ↩

Commentaries on Ezekiel 21

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