Ezequiel 21:20

20 Trazarás el camino por donde venga la espada hacia Rabá de los hijos de Amón, y hacia Judá, que en Jerusalén tiene su fortaleza.

Ezequiel 21:20 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 21:20

Appoint a way
Mark out a way, describe a road, draw one out upon the ground, or point out one upon a table, or tile: that the sword may come;
in which the sword will come; or those that kill with the sword, as the Targum, even the Chaldean army under Nebuchadnezzar: to Rabbath of the Ammonites;
which was the metropolis of the Ammonites, and is now called Philadelphia, as Jerom writes; it is so called, to distinguish it from others of the same name; see ( 2 Samuel 12:26 ) : and to Judah in Jerusalem, the defenced city;
which was so both by nature and art; it had mountains round about it, and had been fortified by several kings from the time of David, as Solomon, Hezekiah, and Manasseh. Judah is said to be in it; though it would seem more properly that Jerusalem was in Judah, because that people from all parts of Judah, upon hearing of the king of Babylon's intention and near approach to invade their land, fled to Jerusalem, being a fortified place, for security. Now the prophet is bid to describe a way hither; not that one and the same way led to Rabbath and Jerusalem; but he was to describe a way from the place where Nebuchadnezzar stopped, which led to Rabbath, and another which led to Jerusalem.

Ezequiel 21:20 In-Context

18 Y vino a mí la palabra del SEÑOR, diciendo:

19 Y tú, hijo de hombre, traza dos caminos por donde venga la espada del rey de Babilonia; ambos saldrán de una misma tierra. Haz una señal y ponla al comienzo del camino a la ciudad.

20 Trazarás el camino por donde venga la espada hacia Rabá de los hijos de Amón, y hacia Judá, que en Jerusalén tiene su fortaleza.

21 Porque el rey de Babilonia se ha detenido en la bifurcación del camino, al comienzo de los dos caminos, para emplear la adivinación; sacude las saetas, consulta con los ídolos domésticos , observa el hígado.

22 En su mano derecha vino el vaticinio: Jerusalén. ¡A colocar arietes, a llamar a la matanza, a alzar la voz en grito de guerra, a poner arietes contra las puertas, a levantar terraplenes, a edificar muro de asedio!