Ezekiel 21:22
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On his right hand was the divination for Jerusalem, to set battering rams, to open the mouth in slaughter, to lift up the voice in howling, to set engines against the gates, to cast up a mount, to build forts.

captains.

Ezekiel 4:2 And lay siege against it, and build forts, and cast up a mount, and set a camp against it, and place battering rams round about it.

to lift

Exodus 32:17,18 And Josue hearing the noise of the people shouting, said to Moses: The noise of battle is heard in the camp. . . .

Joshua 6:10,20 But Joshua had commanded the people, saying: You shall not shout, nor shall your voice be heard, nor any word go out of your mouth: until the day come wherein I shall say to you: Cry, and shout. . . .

1 Samuel 17:20 David, therefore, arose in the morning, and gave the charge of the flock to the keeper: and went away loaded, as Isai had commanded him. And he came to the place of Magala, and to the army, which was going out to fight, and shouted for the battle.

Job 39:25 When he heareth the trumpet he saith: Ha, ha: he smelleth the battle afar off, the encouraging of the captains, and the shouting of the army.

Jeremiah 51:14 The Lord of hosts hath sworn by himself, saying: I will fill thee with men as with locusts, and they shall lift up a joyful shout against thee.

to appoint

Ezekiel 4:2 And lay siege against it, and build forts, and cast up a mount, and set a camp against it, and place battering rams round about it.

Jeremiah 32:24 Behold works are built up against the city to take it: and the city is given into the hands of the Chaldeans, who fight against it, by the sword, and the famine, and the pestilence: and what thou hast spoken, is all come to pass, as thou thyself seest.

Jeremiah 33:4 For thus saith the Lord the God of Israel to the houses of this city, and to the houses of the king of Juda, which are destroyed, and to the bulwarks, and to the sword.

Jeremiah 52:4 And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, the tenth day of the month, that Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon came, he and all his army, against Jerusalem, and they besieged it, and built forts against it round about.

Context
The LORD's Sword of Judgment
21For the king of Babylon stood in the highway, at the head of two ways, seeking divination, shuffling arrows: he inquired of the idols, and consulted entrails. 22On his right hand was the divination for Jerusalem, to set battering rams, to open the mouth in slaughter, to lift up the voice in howling, to set engines against the gates, to cast up a mount, to build forts.23And he shall be in their eyes as one consulting the oracle in vain, and imitating the leisure of sabbaths: but he will call to remembrance the iniquity that they may be taken.…
Cross References
2 Kings 25:1
And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, the tenth day of the month, that Nabuchodonosor, king of Babylon, came, he and all his army, against Jerusalem: and they surrounded it: and raised works round about it.

Jeremiah 4:16
Say ye to the nations: Behold it is heard in Jerusalem, that guards are coming from a far country, and give out their voice against the cities of Juda.

Jeremiah 32:24
Behold works are built up against the city to take it: and the city is given into the hands of the Chaldeans, who fight against it, by the sword, and the famine, and the pestilence: and what thou hast spoken, is all come to pass, as thou thyself seest.

Jeremiah 33:4
For thus saith the Lord the God of Israel to the houses of this city, and to the houses of the king of Juda, which are destroyed, and to the bulwarks, and to the sword.

Ezekiel 4:2
And lay siege against it, and build forts, and cast up a mount, and set a camp against it, and place battering rams round about it.

Ezekiel 26:8
Thy daughters that are in the field, he shall kill with the sword: and he shall compass thee with forts, and shall cast up a mount round about: and he shall lift up the buckler against thee.

Ezekiel 26:9
And he shall set engines of war and battering rams against thy walls, and shall destroy thy towers with his arms.

Amos 1:14
And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabba: and it shall devour the houses thereof with shouting in the day of battle, and with a whirlwind in the day of trouble.

Lexicon
In his right hand
בִּֽימִינ֞וֹ (bî·mî·nōw)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3225: The right hand, side, the south

appears
הָיָ֣ה ׀ (hā·yāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

the portent
הַקֶּ֣סֶם (haq·qe·sem)
Article | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 7081: A lot, divination, oracle

for Jerusalem,
יְרוּשָׁלִַ֗ם (yə·rū·šā·lim)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3389: Jerusalem -- probably 'foundation of peace', capital city of all Israel

where he is to set up
לָשׂ֤וּם (lā·śūm)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 7760: Put -- to put, place, set

battering rams,
כָּרִים֙ (kā·rîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3733: A ram, a, battering-ram, a meadow, a pad, camel's saddle

to call for
לִפְתֹּ֤חַ (lip̄·tō·aḥ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 6605: To open wide, to loosen, begin, plough, carve

the slaughter,
בְּרֶ֔צַח (bə·re·ṣaḥ)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7524: A crushing, a murder-cry

to lift
לְהָרִ֥ים (lə·hā·rîm)
Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 7311: To be high actively, to rise, raise

a battle cry,
ק֖וֹל (qō·wl)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6963: A voice, sound

to set
לָשׂ֤וּם (lā·śūm)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 7760: Put -- to put, place, set

the battering rams
כָּרִים֙ (kā·rîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3733: A ram, a, battering-ram, a meadow, a pad, camel's saddle

against
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

the gates,
שְׁעָרִ֔ים (šə·‘ā·rîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 8179: An opening, door, gate

to build
לִשְׁפֹּ֥ךְ (liš·pōḵ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 8210: To spill forth, to expend, to sprawl out

a ramp,
סֹלְלָ֖ה (sō·lə·lāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5550: A military mound, rampart of besiegers

and to erect
לִבְנ֥וֹת (liḇ·nō·wṯ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 1129: To build

a siege wall.
דָּיֵֽק׃ (dā·yêq)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1785: Bulwark, siege wall


Additional Translations
In his right hand appears the portent for Jerusalem, where he is to set up battering rams, to call for the slaughter, to lift a battle cry, to set the battering rams against the gates, to build a ramp, and to erect a siege wall.At his right hand was the divination for Jerusalem, to appoint captains, to open the mouth in the slaughter, to lift up the voice with shouting, to appoint battering rams against the gates, to cast a mount, and to build a fort.

In his right hand was the divination for Jerusalem, to set battering rams, to open the mouth in the slaughter, to lift up the voice with shouting, to set battering rams against the gates, to cast up mounds, to build forts.

On his right was the divination against Jerusalem, to cast a mound, to open the mouth in shouting, to lift up the voice with crying, to cast a mound against her gates, to cast up a heap, and to build forts.

In his right hand is the lot of Jerusalem to appoint battering-rams, to open the mouth for bloodshed, to lift up the voice with shouting, to appoint battering-rams against the gates, to cast mounds, to build siege-towers.

In his right hand was the divination for Jerusalem, to set battering rams, to open the mouth in the slaughter, to lift up the voice with shouting, to set battering rams against the gates, to cast up mounts, to build forts.

At his right hand was the divination for Jerusalem, to appoint captains, to open the mouth in the slaughter, to lift up the voice with shouting, to appoint battering rams against the gates, to cast a mount, and to build a fort.

In his right hand was the divination [for] Jerusalem, to set battering rams, to open the mouth in the slaughter, to lift up the voice with shouting, to set battering rams against the gates, to cast up mounds, to build forts.

At his right hath been the divination -- Jerusalem, To place battering-rams, To open the mouth with slaughter, To lift up a voice with shouting, To place battering-rams against the gates, To pour out a mount, to build a fortification.
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