Ezekiel 21:19

Thou, therefore son of man. Appoint thee two ways For the sword of the king of Babylon to enter, Out of one land shall those two ways come,— And a hand, engrave thou, At the head of the way to the city, engrave it.;

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

18Then came the word of Yahweh unto me saying:

20A way, shalt thou appoint, for the sword to enter. Even to Rabbah of the sons of Ammon,— And to Judah against Jerusalem, the defenced,

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Cross References

Ezekiel 4:1Thou therefore O son of man Take thee a tile, and lay it before thee,—and portray thereon a city, even Jerusalem.

Ezekiel 6:11Thus saith My Lord. Yahweh, Smite with thy hand, and stamp with thy foot and say, Alas! regarding all the wicked abominations of the house of Israel,—in that by sword, by famine, and by pestilence, shall they fall:

Ezekiel 22:13Lo! therefore I have smitten my hand, At thine unjust gain which thou hast made— And over thy bloodshed, which they have caused in thy midst.

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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