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13 Sheba(A) and Dedan(B) and the merchants of Tarshish(C) with all its rulers[a] will ask you, ‘Have you come to seize spoil? Have you mobilised your assembly to carry off plunder, to make off with silver and gold, to take cattle and possessions, to seize plenty of spoil? ’ ”

14 ‘Therefore prophesy, son of man, and say to Gog, “This is what the Lord God says: On that day when my people Israel are dwelling securely,(D) will you not know this 15 and come from your place in the remotest parts of the north(E) – you and many peoples with you, who are all riding horses – a huge assembly, a powerful army?

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  1. 38:13 Lit young lions, or villages

13 Sheba and Dedan and the traders of Tarshish with all its young warriors[a] 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?”’

14 “Therefore, prophesy, son of man, and say to Gog: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: On that day when my people Israel are living securely, you will take notice[b] 15 and come from your place, from the remote parts of the north, you and many peoples with you, all of them riding on horses, a great company and a vast army.

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  1. Ezekiel 38:13 tn Heb “young lions.”
  2. Ezekiel 38:14 tn The Hebrew text is framed as a rhetorical question: “will you not take notice?”