Ezekiel 21:24

Also, thou, ben adam, appoint thee two drakhim, that the cherev of Melech Bavel may come; both two shall come forth out of one land; and make a sign, put it at the rosh derech (crossroads) to the Ir.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye have made your iniquity to be remembered, in that your transgressions are discovered, so that in all your doings your sins do appear; because, I say, that ye are come to remembrance, ye shall be taken with the hand.

In Context

23The Devar Hashem came unto me again, saying,

25Appoint a derech, that the cherev may come to Rabbah Bnei Ammon, and to Yehudah in fortified Yerushalayim.

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Cross References

Isaiah 22:17Hinei, Hashem will throw thee out, gever, and will surely seize thee.

Jeremiah 3:2Lift up thine eyes unto the hilltops, and see! 1 Where hast thou not been lain with? 1 In the drakhim (ways, roads) hast thou sat [waiting] for them, 1 as the nomad in the midbar; 1 and thou hast defiled the eretz 1 with thy zenut (whoredom, prostitution) and with thy ra'ah (wickedness). 1

Jeremiah 6:15Were they ashamed 1 when they had committed to'evah (abomination)? 1 They were not at all ashamed, 1 neither could they blush; 1 therefore they shall fall among them that fall; 1 at the time that I visit them [in punishment] 1 they shall be brought down, saith Hashem. 1

Jeremiah 9:2And they bend to the ready their leshon like their keshet (bow) for sheker; 1 but not for emunah have they prevailed in ha'aretz; 1 for they proceed from ra'ah to ra'ah, 1 and they know not Me, saith Hashem. 1

Ezekiel 16:16And of thy begadim thou didst take, and adorned thy bamot te'lu'ot (gaudy high places, cult prostitution brilliantly colored harlot “beds”), and playedst the zonah thereupon; such things should not come, neither should they be.

Ezekiel 22:24Ben adam, say unto her, Thou art eretz that is not metoharah (cleansed), nor rained upon in the Yom Za'am (Day of Indignation).

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 21:19-28

Judgments Predicted. ( b. c. 592.) 18 The word of the Lord came unto me again, saying, 19 Also, thou son of man, appoint thee two ways, that the sword of the king of Babylon may come: both twain shall come forth out of one land: and choose thou a place, choose it at the head of the way to the city. 20 Appoint a way, that the sword may come to Rabbath of the Ammonites, and to Judah in Jerusalem the defenced. 21 For the king of Babylon stood at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination:… Read the whole commentary →

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