Ezekiel 38:10-13
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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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Ezekiel 38:10-13
Common English Bible
10 The Lord God proclaims: On that day, thoughts will come into your mind, and you will devise an evil plan. 11 You will say, “I will go up against the open country and come against a quiet people who all live securely without walls, bars, or doors 12 to take plunder and seize loot, to use my[a] power against the resettled waste places, against a people gathered from the nations, who are acquiring goods and cattle, and who live at the center[b] of the earth.” 13 Sheba and Dedan and the merchants and officials of Tarshish will say to you, “Have you come to take plunder and seize loot? Have you assembled your army to take silver and gold, to take goods and cattle, to engage in great looting?”
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- Ezekiel 38:12 Or navel
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