John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 21:22
At his right hand was the divination for Jerusalem ,.... All his divinations, whether by arrows, or by images, or by liver, all directed him to his right hand, to turn to that which led to Jerusalem; and thus what appeared to him to be the effect of divination was overruled by the providence of God, to direct him to go and do what he designed he should: to appoint captains to open the mouth in the slaughter ; upon which he appointed his several captains and officers their distinct bodies... read more
John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 21:21
For the king of Babylon stood at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways ,.... That is, he would stand there; the prophet knew that it was certain it should be, and therefore represents it as if it was; he had, by a spirit of prophecy, seen, that when the king of Babylon was come to such a place, on the borders of the desert of Arabia, where the road from Babylon parted, where two ways met, the one leading to Jerusalem on the right, and the other to Rabbath on the left, he should... read more