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


In Context

17 I will also smite my hands together, and I will cause my fury to rest: I the LORD have said it.

18 The word of the LORD came to me again, saying,

19 Also, thou son of man, appoint thee two ways, that the sword of the king of Babylon may come: both ways shall come forth from 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 Rabbah of the Ammonites, and to Judah in Jerusalem the fortified.

21 For the king of Babylon stood at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination; he made his arrows bright, he consulted with images, he looked in the liver.

22 At his right hand was the divination for Jerusalem, to appoint captains, to open the mouth in the slaughter, to lift up the voice with shouting, to appoint battering rams against the gates, to cast a mount, and to build a fort.

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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:20Appoint a way for the coming of the sword to Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and to Judah at the fenced city of Jerusalem.

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 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.