20Appoint a way for the coming of the sword to Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and to Judah at the fenced city of Jerusalem.


In Context

17 And I myself will smite my hands together, and I will satisfy my fury: I Jehovah have spoken it.

18 And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

19 And thou, son of man, set thee two ways, by which the sword of the king of Babylon may come out of one land shall they both come and make thee a signpost, make it at the head of the way to the city.

20 Appoint a way for the coming of the sword to Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and to Judah at the fenced city of Jerusalem.

21 For the king of Babylon standeth at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination: he shaketh his arrows, he inquireth of the teraphim, he looketh in the liver.

22 In his right hand is the lot of Jerusalem to appoint battering-rams, to open the mouth for bloodshed, to lift up the voice with shouting, to appoint battering-rams against the gates, to cast mounds, to build siege-towers.

Ezekiel 21:20 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

21:20Appoint a way, that the sword may come to Rabbath of the Ammonites, and to Judah in Jerusalem the defenced.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

21:20Mark out one road for the sword to come against Rabbah of the Ammonites and another against Judah and fortified Jerusalem.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

21:20Thou shalt make a way that the sword may come to Rabbath of the children of Ammon, and to Juda unto Jerusalem the strong city.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

21:20Thou shalt appoint a way for the sword to come to Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and to Judah in Jerusalem the fortified.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

21:20Thou shalt appoint a way, for the sword to come to Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and to Judah in Jerusalem the defenced.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:20Appoint a way, that the sword may come to Rabbah of the Ammonites, and to Judah in Jerusalem the fortified.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:20You shall appoint a way for the sword to come to Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and to Judah in Jerusalem the fortified.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

21:20A way appoint for the coming of the sword, Unto Rabbath of the sons of Ammon, And to Judah, in Jerusalem — the fenced.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

21:20Appoint a way, that the sword may come to Rabbath of the Ammonites, and to Judah in Jerusalem the defended.