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Son of man ,
mark two ways for the sword of the king of Babylon to come ;
both of them shall come forth from the same land .
And make a signpost ,
make it at the head of the way to a city ;
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mark a way for the sword to come to Rabbah of the Ammonites and to Judah and to Jerusalem the fortified .
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For the king of Babylon stands at the parting of the way ,
at the head of the two ways ,
to use divination ;
he shakes the arrows ,
he consults the teraphim ,
he looks at the liver .
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Into his right hand comes the lot for Jerusalem ,
to open the mouth with a cry ,
to lift up the voice with shouting ,
to set battering rams against the gates ,
to cast up mounds ,
to build siege towers .
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But to them it will seem like a false divination ;
they have sworn solemn oaths ;
but he brings their guilt to remembrance ,
that they may be captured .
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Therefore thus says the Lord GOD :
Because you have made your guilt to be remembered ,
in that your transgressions are uncovered ,
so that in all your doings your sins appear--because you have come to remembrance ,
you shall be taken in them .
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And you ,
O unhallowed wicked one ,
prince of Israel ,
whose day has come ,
the time of your final punishment ,
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thus says the Lord GOD :
Remove the turban ,
and take off the crown ;
things shall not remain as they are ;
exalt that which is low ,
and abase that which is high .
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A ruin ,
ruin ,
ruin I will make it ;
there shall not be even a trace of it until he comes whose right it is ;
and to him I will give it .