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"You shall ^(F1)mark a way for the sword to come to ^(C1)Rabbah of the sons of Ammon, and to Judah into ^(C2)fortified Jerusalem.

"For the king of Babylon stands at the ^(F1)parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use ^(C1)divination; he ^(C2)shakes the arrows, he consults the ^(F2)(C3)household idols, he looks at the liver.

"Into his right hand came the divination, 'Jerusalem,' to ^(C1)set up battering rams, to open the mouth ^(F1)for ^(F2)slaughter, to raise the voice with a battle cry, to set up battering rams against the gates, to pile up assault ramps, to build a siege wall.

"And it will be to them like a false divination in their eyes; ^(C1)they have sworn solemn oaths. But he ^(C2)makes guilt known, so that they may be seized.