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10 ‘Thus says Lord Yahweh, “It will be in that day, that [a]thoughts will come into your heart, and you will (A)devise an evil plan, 11 and you will say, ‘I will go up against the land of [b](B)unwalled villages. I will go against those who (C)dwell quietly, that live securely, all of them living without walls and having no bars or gates, 12 to (D)capture spoil and to seize plunder, to turn your hand against the waste places, which are now inhabited, and against the people who are gathered from the nations, who have acquired cattle and property, who live at the [c]center of the world.’ 13 (E)Sheba and (F)Dedan and the merchants of (G)Tarshish with all its [d]young lions will say to you, ‘Have you come to capture spoil? Have you assembled your assembly to seize plunder, to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to capture great (H)spoil?’”’

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  1. Ezekiel 38:10 Lit words
  2. Ezekiel 38:11 Or open country
  3. Ezekiel 38:12 Lit navel
  4. Ezekiel 38:13 Or villages

10 ‘This is what the Lord God says: “It will come about on that day, that [a]thoughts will come into your mind and you will (A)devise an evil plan, 11 and you will say, ‘I will go up against the land of [b](B)unwalled villages. I will go against those who are (C)at rest, who live securely, all of them living without walls and having no bars or gates, 12 to (D)capture spoils and to seize plunder, to turn your hand against the ruins that are now inhabited, and against the people who are gathered from the nations, who have acquired livestock and goods, who live at the [c]center of the world.’ 13 (E)Sheba and (F)Dedan and the merchants of (G)Tarshish with all its [d]villages will say to you, ‘Have you come to capture spoils? Have you assembled your contingent to seize plunder, to carry away silver and gold, to take away livestock and goods, to capture great (H)spoils?’”’

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  1. Ezekiel 38:10 Lit words
  2. Ezekiel 38:11 Or open country
  3. Ezekiel 38:12 Lit navel
  4. Ezekiel 38:13 As in ancient versions; MT young lions

10 “‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: On that day thoughts will come into your mind(A) and you will devise an evil scheme.(B) 11 You will say, “I will invade a land of unwalled villages; I will attack a peaceful and unsuspecting people(C)—all of them living without walls and without gates and bars.(D) 12 I will plunder and loot and turn my hand against the resettled ruins and the people gathered from the nations, rich in livestock and goods, living at the center of the land.[a] 13 Sheba(E) and Dedan(F) and the merchants of Tarshish(G) and all her villages[b] will say to you, “Have you come to plunder? Have you gathered your hordes to loot, to carry off silver and gold, to take away livestock and goods and to seize much plunder?(H)”’

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 38:12 The Hebrew for this phrase means the navel of the earth.
  2. Ezekiel 38:13 Or her strong lions