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Ezekiel 21:21-22

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21:21 For the king of Babylon stands at the fork 1  in the road at the head of the two routes. He looks for omens: 2  He shakes arrows, he consults idols, 3  he examines 4  animal livers. 5  21:22 Into his right hand 6  comes the portent for Jerusalem – to set up battering rams, to give the signal 7  for slaughter, to shout out the battle cry, 8  to set up battering rams against the gates, to erect a siege ramp, to build a siege wall.
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[21:21]  1 tn Heb “mother.”

[21:21]  2 sn Mesopotamian kings believed that the gods revealed the future through omens. They employed various divination techniques, some of which are included in the list that follows. A particularly popular technique was the examination and interpretation of the livers of animals. See R. R. Wilson, Prophecy and Society in Ancient Israel, 90-110.

[21:21]  3 tn This word refers to personal idols that were apparently used for divination purposes (Gen 31:19; 1 Sam 19:13, 16).

[21:21]  4 tn Heb “sees.”

[21:21]  5 tn Heb “the liver.”

[21:22]  6 tn Or “on the right side,” i.e., the omen mark on the right side of the liver.

[21:22]  7 tn Heb “to open the mouth” for slaughter.

[21:22]  8 tn Heb “to raise up a voice in a battle cry.”



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