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The Lord spoke his word to me, saying:

"Human, mark two roads that the king of Babylon and his sword can follow. Both of these roads will start from the same country. And make signs where the road divides and one way goes toward the city.

Mark one sign to show the road he can take with his sword to Rabbah in the land of the Ammonites. Mark the other sign to show the road to Judah and Jerusalem, which is protected with strong walls.

The king of Babylon has come to where the road divides, and he is using magic. He throws lots with arrows and asks questions of his family idols. He looks at the liver of a sacrificed animal to learn where he should go.

The lot in his right hand tells him to go to Jerusalem. It tells him to use logs to break down the city gates, to shout the battle cry and give the order to kill, and to build a dirt road to the top of the walls and devices to attack the walls.

The Lord spoke his word to me, saying:

One man in you does a hateful act with his neighbor's wife, while another has shamefully made his daughter-in-law unclean sexually. And another forces his half sister to have sexual relations with him.

The Lord spoke his word to me, saying:

The Lord spoke his word to me, saying:

The Lord spoke his word to me, saying:

The Lord spoke his word to me in the ninth year of our captivity, in the tenth month, on the tenth day of the month. He said:

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The Lord spoke his word to me, saying:

It was the eleventh year of our captivity, on the first day of the month. The Lord spoke his word to me, saying:

"This is what the Lord God says: I will bring a king from the north against Tyre. He is Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the greatest king, with his horses, chariots, horsemen, and a great army.

He will fight a battle and destroy your villages on the shore across from the island. He will set up devices to attack you. He will build a road of earth to the top of the walls. He will raise his shields against you.

He will bring logs to pound through your city walls, and he will break down your towers with his iron bars.

His horses will be so many that they will cover you with their dust. Your walls will shake at the noise of horsemen, wagons, and chariots. The king of Babylon will enter your city gates as men enter a city where the walls are broken through.

The hoofs of his horses will run over your streets. He will kill your army with the sword, and your strong pillars will fall down to the ground.