10 “Thus says the Lord God: On that day, (A)thoughts will come into your mind, and you will devise an evil scheme 11 and say, ‘I will go up against (B)the land of unwalled villages. I will fall upon (C)the quiet people who dwell securely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having no bars or gates,’ 12 to seize spoil and carry off plunder, to turn your hand against (D)the waste places that are now inhabited, and (E)the people who were gathered from the nations, who have acquired livestock and goods, (F)who dwell at the center of the earth. 13 (G)Sheba and (H)Dedan and the merchants of Tarshish and all (I)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?’

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  1. Ezekiel 38:13 Hebrew young lions

10 “This is what the Lord God says: On that day, thoughts will arise in your mind, and you will devise an evil plan. 11 You will say, ‘I will go up against a land of open villages; I will come against a tranquil people who are living securely,(A) all of them living without walls and without bars or gates(B) 12 in order to seize spoil and carry off plunder,(C) to turn your hand against ruins now inhabited and against a people gathered from the nations, who have been acquiring cattle and possessions and who live at the center of the world.’ 13 Sheba(D) and Dedan(E) and the merchants of Tarshish(F) with all its rulers[a] will ask you, ‘Have you come to seize spoil? Have you assembled your hordes to carry off plunder, to make off with silver and gold, to take cattle and possessions, to seize great spoil?’

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  1. Ezekiel 38:13 Lit young lions, or villages