Ezekiel 21:21

Easy To Read Version

This shows that the king of Babylon \{is planning the way he wants to attack that area\}. The king of Babylon has come to the place where the two roads separate. The king of Babylon has used \{magic\} signs to find the future. He shook some arrows. He asked questions from family idols. He looked at the liver {\cf2\super [161]} \{from an animal he killed\}.

Cross References

Genesis 31:19

At this time, Laban was gone to cut the wool from his sheep. While he was gone, Rachel went into his house and stole the false gods that belonged to her father.

Genesis 31:30

I know that you want to go back to your home. That is why you left. But why did you steal the gods from my house?”

2 Kings 23:24

Josiah destroyed the mediums, [304] wizards, [305] the house gods, the idols, [306] and all the horrible things people worshiped in Judah and Jerusalem. Josiah did this to obey the Law written in the book that Hilkiah the priest found in the Lord’s temple. [307]

Proverbs 16:10

When a king speaks, his words are law. His decisions should always be fair.

Proverbs 16:33

The person who respects the Lord is learning to be wise. A person must be humble before he can truly respect the Lord.

Proverbs 21:1

\{Farmers dig small ditches to water their fields. They change where the water goes by closing different ditches.\} The Lord controls a king’s mind just like that. The Lord can lead the king wherever he wants him to go.

Hosea 3:4

In the same way, the people of Israel will continue many days without a king or a leader. They will be without a sacrifice or a memorial stone. {\cf2\super [29]} They will be without an ephod {\cf2\super [30]} or a household god.

Hosea 4:12

My people are asking pieces of wood for advice. They think those sticks will answer them. Why? Because they have chased after those false gods like prostitutes. {\cf2\super [38]} They left their God and became like prostitutes.

Zechariah 10:2

People use their little statues and magic to learn the things that will happen in the future—but that is all useless. Those people see visions and tell about their dreams, but it is nothing but worthless lies. So the people are like sheep wandering here and there crying for help—but there is no shepherd to lead them.

Numbers 22:7

The leaders of Moab and Midian left. They went to talk to Balaam. They carried with them money to pay him for his service. [282] Then they told him what Balak had said.

Numbers 23:23

There is no power that can defeat the people of Jacob. [297] There is no magic that can stop the people of Israel. People will say this about Jacob and about the people of Israel: ‘Look at the great things God did!’

Numbers 23:28

So Balak led Balaam to the top of Mount Peor. This mountain looks out over the desert.

Matthew 22:9

So go to the street corners and invite all the people you see. Tell them to come to my feast.’

Acts 16:16

One time something happened to us while we were going to the place for prayer. A servant girl met us. She had a special spirit {\cf2\super [338]} in her. This spirit gave her the power to tell what would happen in the future. By doing this she earned a lot of money for the men who owned her.

Deuteronomy 18:10

Don’t sacrifice your sons or daughters in the fires on your altars. [117] Don’t try to learn what will happen in the future by talking to a fortune teller or by going to a magician, a witch or a sorcerer.

Judges 17:5

Micah had a temple for worshiping idols. He made an ephod [128] and some house idols. Then Micah chose one of his sons to be his priest. (

Judges 18:14

So the five men that had explored the land around Laish spoke. They said to their relatives, “There is an ephod [136] in one of these houses. And there are also household gods, a carved statue, and a silver idol. You know what to do—{go get them}.”

Judges 18:20

This made the Levite man happy. So he took the ephod [138] , the house idols, and the idol. He went with those men from the family group of Dan.

Judges 18:24

Micah answered, “You men from Dan took my idols. I made those idols for myself. You have also taken my priest. What do I have left now? How can you ask me, ‘What’s the problem?’”

1 Samuel 15:23

Refusing to obey is as bad as the sin of sorcery. [139] Being stubborn and doing what you want is like the sin of worshiping idols. You refused to obey the Lord’s command. For this reason, the Lord now refuses to accept you as king.”