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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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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 38:10 tn Heb “words will go up upon your heart.”
  2. Ezekiel 38:11 tn Heb “go up against.”
  3. Ezekiel 38:11 tn Heb “come (to).”
  4. Ezekiel 38:12 tn Heb “to turn your hand against.”
  5. Ezekiel 38:12 tn The Hebrew term occurs elsewhere only in Judg 9:37. Perhaps it means “high point, top.”
  6. Ezekiel 38:13 tn Heb “young lions.”

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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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 38:12 LXX; MT your
  2. Ezekiel 38:12 Or navel