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Ezekiel 21:21

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21 For the king of Babylon stood at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination: he shook the arrows back and forth, he consulted the teraphim, he looked in the liver.

Commentary

 

Skillful

  

'A skilled man' relates to the affection of truth, or people who have an affection for truth.

In Ezekiel 21:31, this signifies being intelligent or knowledgeable, in work. (Arcana Coelestia 10331[2])

In Genesis 25:27, this signifies life from external truths or the five senses. (Arcana Coelestia 3309)

(References: Apocalypse Explained 943)