Ezekiel 21:19

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.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
son	בֶן ven-	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · noun, common masculine singular construct
man	אָדָ֜ם 'a.Dam	H120	ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species · noun, common masculine singular absolute
appoint	שִׂים sim-	H7760	to put (used in a great variety of applications · verb, qal imperative, 2nd person masculine singular
two	שְׁנַ֣יִם she.Na.yim	H8147	two · cardinal number, both genders dual absolute
ways	דְּרָכִ֗ים de.ra.Khim	H1870	a road (as trodden) · noun, common both genders plural absolute
sword	חֶ֣רֶב Che.rev	H2719	drought · noun, common feminine singular construct
king	מֶֽלֶךְ Me.lekh-	H4428	a king · noun, common masculine singular construct
Babylon	בָּבֶ֔ל ba.Vel	H894	Babel (i.e. Babylon) · proper noun, a place name
come	לָבוֹא֙ la.Vo'	H935	to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct
twain	שְׁנֵיהֶ֑ם she.nei.Hem	H8147	two · cardinal number, both genders dual construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
forth	יֵצְא֣וּ ye.tze.'U	H3318	to go (causatively · verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
one	אֶחָ֖ד 'e.Chad	H259	properly · cardinal number, feminine singular absolute
land	מֵאֶ֥רֶץ me.'E.retz	H776	the earth (at large · preposition + noun, common feminine singular absolute
choose	בָּרֵ֔א ba.Re'	H1254	(absolutely) to create · verb, piel imperative, 2nd person masculine singular
place	וְיָ֣ד ve.Yad	H3027	a hand (the open one (indicating power · conjunction + noun, common both genders singular absolute
choose	בָּרֵֽא ba.Re'	H1254	(absolutely) to create · verb, piel imperative, 2nd person masculine singular
head	בְּרֹ֥אשׁ be.Rosh	H7218	the head (as most easily shaken) · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
way	דֶּֽרֶךְ de.rekh-	H1870	a road (as trodden) · noun, common both genders singular construct
city	עִ֖יר 'ir	H5892	a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the wi… · noun, common feminine singular absolute

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Cross-references

Jeremiah 1:10 See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to b…
Ezekiel 4:1-3 Thou also, son of man, take thee a tile, and lay it before thee, and pourtray upon it the city, even Jerusalem:
Ezekiel 5:1-17 And thou, son of man, take thee a sharp knife, take thee a barber’s razor, and cause it to pass upon thine head and upon thy beard: then tak…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 21:18-27

The prophet, in the verses before, had shown them the sword coming; he here shows them that sword coming against them, that they might not flatter themselves that by some means or other it should be diverted a contrary way. I. He must see and show the Chaldean army coming against Jerusalem and determined by a supreme power so to do. The prophet must appoint him two ways, that is, he must upon a paper draw out two roads (Eze 21:19), as sometimes is done in maps; and he must bring the king of Babylon's army to the place where the roads part, for there they will make a stand. They both come out of the same land; but when they come to the place where one road leads to Rabbath, the head city of t…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 21:19

two ways--The king coming from Babylon is represented in the graphic style of Ezekiel as reaching the point where the road branched off in two ways, one leading by the south, by Tadmor or Palmyra, to Rabbath of Ammon, east of Jordan; the other by the north, by Riblah in Syria, to Jerusalem--and hesitating which way to take. Ezekiel is told to "appoint the two ways" (as in Eze 4:1); for Nebuchadnezzar, though knowing no other control but his own will and superstition, had really this path "appointed" for him by the all-ruling God. out of one land--namely, Babylon. choose . . . a place--literally "a hand." So it is translated by FAIRBAIRN, "make a finger-post," namely, at the head of the t…

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Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 21:19

Appoint thee two ways - Set off from Babylon, and lay down two ways, either of which thou mayest take; that to the right, which leads to Jerusalem; or that to the left which leads to Rabbath of the Ammonites, Eze 21:20. But why against the Ammonites? Because both they and the Moabites were united with Zedekiah against the Chaldeans, (see Jer 27:3), though they afterwards fought against Judea, Eze 12:6.

John Gill on Ezekiel 21:19

Dictionary and topics

Magic — The Jews seem early to have consulted the teraphim (q.v.) for oracular answers (Judg. 18:5, 6; Zech. 10:2). There is a remarkable illustration of this divining by teraphim in Ezek. 21:19-22. We read…
Teraphim — Givers of prosperity, idols in human shape, large or small, analogous to the images of ancestors which were revered by the Romans. In order to deceive the guards sent by Saul to seize David, Michal…
Babylon · .Prophecies concerning — .Prophecies concerning

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Ezekiel 21:19

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 21:18-27

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 21:19

Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 21:19

John Gill on Ezekiel 21:19

Dictionary and topics

Ezekiel 21:19

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 21:18-27

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 21:19

Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 21:19

John Gill on Ezekiel 21:19

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Ezekiel 21:18-22

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Ezekiel 21:18-20

Rashi on Ezekiel 21:19