Ezekiel 38:10-13
New English Translation
10 “‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: On that day thoughts will come into your mind,[a] and you will devise an evil plan. 11 You will say, “I will invade[b] a land of unwalled towns; I will advance against[c] those living quietly in security—all of them living without walls and barred gates— 12 to loot and plunder, to attack[d] the inhabited ruins and the people gathered from the nations, who are acquiring cattle and goods, who live at the center[e] of the earth.” 13 Sheba and Dedan and the traders of Tarshish with all its young warriors[f] will say to you, “Have you come to loot? Have you assembled your armies to plunder, to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to haul away a great amount of spoils?”’
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- Ezekiel 38:10 tn Heb “words will go up upon your heart.”
- Ezekiel 38:11 tn Heb “go up against.”
- Ezekiel 38:11 tn Heb “come (to).”
- Ezekiel 38:12 tn Heb “to turn your hand against.”
- Ezekiel 38:12 tn The Hebrew term occurs elsewhere only in Judg 9:37. Perhaps it means “high point, top.”
- Ezekiel 38:13 tn Heb “young lions.”
Ezekiel 38:10-13
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
10 Thus says the Lord God: On that day thoughts will come into your mind, and you will devise an evil scheme.(A) 11 You will say, “I will go up against the land of unwalled villages; I will fall upon the quiet people who live in safety, all of them living without walls and having no bars or gates,(B) 12 to seize spoil and carry off plunder, to assail the waste places that are now inhabited and the people who were gathered from the nations, who are acquiring cattle and goods, who live at the center[a] of the earth.”(C) 13 Sheba and Dedan and the merchants of Tarshish and all its young warriors[b] will say to you, “Have you come to seize spoil? Have you assembled your horde to carry off plunder, to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to seize a great amount of spoil?”(D)
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