12 to seize spoil and carry off plunder, to turn your hand against (A)the waste places that are now inhabited, and (B)the people who were gathered from the nations, who have acquired livestock and goods, (C)who dwell at the center of the earth. 13 (D)Sheba and (E)Dedan and the merchants of Tarshish and all (F)its leaders[a] will say to you, ‘Have you come to seize spoil? Have you assembled your hosts to carry off plunder, to carry away silver and gold, to take away livestock and goods, to seize great spoil?’

14 “Therefore, (G)son of man, prophesy, and say to (H)Gog, Thus says the Lord God: On that day when my people Israel are (I)dwelling securely, (J)will you not know it?

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  1. Ezekiel 38:13 Hebrew young lions

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(A) and Dedan(B) and the merchants of Tarshish(C) 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?(D)”’

14 “Therefore, son of man, prophesy and say to Gog: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: In that day, when my people Israel are living in safety,(E) will you not take notice of it?

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