Ezekiel 21:18-23 Israelite God may at times talk with nonbelievers, non-Christians who unwittingly just do not know &/or do not understand Him
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> Ezekiel 21:18-23
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> New American Standard Bible 1995
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> The Instrument of God’s Judgment
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> 18 The word of the Lord came to me saying, 19 “As for you, son of man,
> make two ways for the sword of the king of Babylon to come; both of
> them will go out of one land. And make a signpost; make it at the head
> of the way to the city. 20 You shall mark a way for the sword to come
> to Rabbah of the sons of Ammon, and to Judah into fortified Jerusalem.
> 21 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 household idols, he looks at the liver. 22 Into his right
> hand came the divination, ‘Jerusalem,’ to set battering rams, to open
> the mouth for slaughter, to lift up the voice with a battle cry, to
> set battering rams against the gates, to cast up ramps, to build a
> siege wall. 23 And it will be to them like a false divination in their
> eyes; they have sworn solemn oaths. But he brings iniquity to
> remembrance, that they may be seized.
The Ezekiel 21:18-21 bible passage is interesting , and a bit strange.
The reason being is that in Ezekiel 21:18 states God’s command to the Prophet Ezekiel to somehow prophecy and proclaim that the Babylonian king will attack the cities of Rabbah, Ammon and Jerusalem, Judah(Southern Israelite Kingdom).
It’s sort of interesting that the immediate subsequent Ezekiel 21:21-22 indicate that the Babylonian king will “use divination”, “consults the household idols”, etc., which are all pagan practices & rituals of divination. However, Ezekiel 21:21-22’s bible passage seems to suggest that the Israelite God’s Will sometimes is manifestly prophetically expressed via divination pagan rituals & practices.
Please understand that my question posting is in **No** way an indication of support and/or acceptance of practices & rituals of Nonbelievers, NonChristians &/or pagans. However, the Ezekiel 21:18-23 bible passage is interesting for Christians in today’s world because it gives Christians an idea as to how the Israelite God may at times guide/communicate with Nonbelievers, NonChristians &/or pagans who naively &/or unwittingly just do Not know &/or do Not understand Him.
What can the bible reader infer from Ezekiel 21:18-23? Within the context of Nonbelievers, NonChristians &/or pagans who naively &/or unwittingly just do Not know &/or do Not understand the Israelite God, could it be that Israelite God does occasionally allow for His Will & Prophecies to be manifestly prophetically expressed via divination pagan rituals & practices?
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Mar 17, 2026, 01:18 PM
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