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11 And you will say, ‘I will go up against a land of open country; I will come[a] to the people being at rest in safety,[b] all of them dwelling without a wall[c] and crossbars[d] and without doors,[e] 12 to[f] loot loot,[g] and to plunder[h] plunder, to assail[i] inhabited ruins and a people gathered together from various peoples and who are acquiring livestock and goods and dwelling at the center of the world. 13 Sheba and Dedan and traders of Tarshish and all its strong lions,[j] they will ask you, ‘To[k] loot loot[l] are you coming? To plunder[m] plunder have you summoned your assembly, to take away silver and gold, to take livestock and goods, to loot great amounts[n] of loot?”’

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 38:11 Or “go”
  2. Ezekiel 38:11 Literally “with confidence”
  3. Ezekiel 38:11 Or “walls”
  4. Ezekiel 38:11 Hebrew “crossbar”
  5. Ezekiel 38:11 Literally “and doors there are not for them”
  6. Ezekiel 38:12 Or “for”
  7. Ezekiel 38:12 Or “war-booty”; this word is chosen because of the alliteration in Hebrew
  8. Ezekiel 38:12 Or “seize”; this word is chosen because of the alliteration in Hebrew
  9. Ezekiel 38:12 Literally “to bring back your hand against”; NJPS, “to turn your hand against”
  10. Ezekiel 38:13 Or “all of its violent leaders”
  11. Ezekiel 38:13 Or “for”
  12. Ezekiel 38:13 Or “war-booty” this word is chosen because of the alliteration in Hebrew
  13. Ezekiel 38:13 Or “seize”; this word is chosen because of the alliteration in Hebrew
  14. Ezekiel 38:13 Hebrew “amount”