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10 “‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh: “And then[a] on that day, things[b] will come up on[c] your mind, and you will devise evil plans. 11 And you will say, ‘I will go up against a land of open country; I will come[d] to the people being at rest in safety,[e] all of them dwelling without a wall[f] and crossbars[g] and without doors,[h] 12 to[i] loot loot,[j] and to plunder[k] plunder, to assail[l] 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,[m] they will ask you, ‘To[n] loot loot[o] are you coming? To plunder[p] plunder have you summoned your assembly, to take away silver and gold, to take livestock and goods, to loot great amounts[q] of loot?”’

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Footnotes

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