15 I have appointed a sword for slaughter at all their gates,so that their hearts may meltand many may stumble.Yes! It is ready to flash like lightning; it is drawn for slaughter.
16 Slash to the right;turn to the left —wherever your blade is directed.
17 I also will clap My hands together,and I will satisfy My wrath. I, Yahweh, have spoken.”
18 Then the word of the Lord came to me:
19 “Now you, son of man, mark out two roads that the sword of Babylon’s king can take. Both of them should originate from the same land. And make a signpost at the fork in the road to each city.
20 Mark out a road that the sword can take to Rabbah of the Ammonites and to Judah into fortified Jerusalem.
21 For the king of Babylon stands at the split in the road, at the fork of the two roads, to practice divination: he shakes the arrows, consults the idols, and observes the liver.