13 (A)Sheba and (B)Dedan and the merchants of Tarshish and all (C)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, (D)son of man, prophesy, and say to (E)Gog, Thus says the Lord God: On that day when my people Israel are (F)dwelling securely, (G)will you not know it? 15 You will come from your place out of (H)the uttermost parts of the north, you and (I)many peoples with you, (J)all of them riding on horses, a great host, a mighty army. 16 You will come up against my people Israel, (K)like a cloud covering the land. (L)In the latter days I will bring you against my land, that the nations may know me, when through you, O Gog, (M)I vindicate my holiness before their eyes.

17 “Thus says the Lord God: Are you (N)he of whom I spoke in former days by my servants the prophets of Israel, who in those days prophesied for years that I would bring you against them? 18 But on that day, the day that Gog shall come against the land of Israel, declares the Lord God, (O)my wrath will be roused in my anger. 19 For (P)in my jealousy and in my blazing wrath I declare, On that day (Q)there shall be a great earthquake in the land of Israel. 20 (R)The fish of the sea and the birds of the heavens and the beasts of the field and all creeping things that creep on the ground, and all the people who are on the face of the earth, (S)shall quake at my presence. And (T)the mountains shall be thrown down, and the cliffs shall fall, and every wall shall tumble to the ground. 21 (U)I will summon a sword against Gog[b] on all my mountains, declares the Lord God. (V)Every man's sword will be against his brother. 22 With pestilence and bloodshed (W)I will enter into judgment with him, and (X)I will rain upon him and (Y)his hordes and the many peoples who are with him (Z)torrential rains and hailstones, (AA)fire and sulfur. 23 So I will show my greatness and my (AB)holiness and (AC)make myself known in the eyes of many nations. Then (AD)they will know that I am the Lord.

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  1. Ezekiel 38:13 Hebrew young lions
  2. Ezekiel 38:21 Hebrew against him

13 Sheba(A) and Dedan(B) and the merchants of Tarshish(C) and all her villages[a] 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? 15 You will come from your place in the far north,(F) you and many nations with you, all of them riding on horses, a great horde, a mighty army.(G) 16 You will advance against my people Israel like a cloud(H) that covers the land.(I) In days to come, Gog, I will bring you against my land, so that the nations may know me when I am proved holy(J) through you before their eyes.(K)

17 “‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: You are the one I spoke of in former days by my servants the prophets of Israel. At that time they prophesied for years that I would bring you against them. 18 This is what will happen in that day: When Gog attacks the land of Israel, my hot anger will be aroused, declares the Sovereign Lord. 19 In my zeal and fiery wrath I declare that at that time there shall be a great earthquake(L) in the land of Israel.(M) 20 The fish in the sea, the birds in the sky, the beasts of the field, every creature that moves along the ground, and all the people on the face of the earth will tremble(N) at my presence. The mountains will be overturned,(O) the cliffs will crumble(P) and every wall will fall to the ground.(Q) 21 I will summon a sword(R) against Gog on all my mountains, declares the Sovereign Lord. Every man’s sword will be against his brother.(S) 22 I will execute judgment(T) on him with plague and bloodshed;(U) I will pour down torrents of rain, hailstones(V) and burning sulfur(W) on him and on his troops and on the many nations with him.(X) 23 And so I will show my greatness and my holiness, and I will make myself known in the sight of many nations. Then they will know that I am the Lord.(Y)

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  1. Ezekiel 38:13 Or her strong lions