Ezekiel 38:13

¹¹ And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates,

¹² To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the people that are gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the midst of the land.

Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the young lions thereof, shall say unto thee, Art thou come to take a spoil? hast thou gathered thy company to take a prey? to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to take a great spoil?

¹⁴ Therefore, son of man, prophesy and say unto Gog, Thus saith the Lord GOD; In that day when my people of Israel dwelleth safely, shalt thou not know it?

¹⁵ And thou shalt come from thy place out of the north parts, thou, and many people with thee, all of them riding upon horses, a great company, and a mighty army:

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: Sheba and Dedan and the merchants of Tarshish with all its villages will ask, ‘Have you come to capture the plunder? Have you assembled your hordes to carry away loot, to make off with silver and gold, to take cattle and goods, to seize great spoil?’
KJV: Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the young lions thereof, shall say unto thee, Art thou come to take a spoil? hast thou gathered thy company to take a prey? to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to take a great spoil?
WEB: Sheba, Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all its young lions, will ask you, ‘Have you come to take the plunder? Have you assembled your company to take the prey, to carry away silver and gold, to take away livestock and goods, to take great plunder?’”’
ASV: Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the young lions thereof, shall say unto thee, Art thou come to take the spoil? hast thou assembled thy company to take the prey? to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to take great spoil?
DARBY: Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the young lions thereof, shall say unto thee, Art thou come to seize a spoil? hast thou gathered thine assemblage to take a prey? to carry away silver and gold, to take cattle and goods, to seize a great spoil?
BLB: Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, and all her villages, will say to you, ‘Have you come to draw out the plunder? Is it to prey on prey [that] you have assembled your company—to carry [off] silver and gold, to take away livestock and goods, to draw out great plunder?’

ÅB: Sjeba og Dedan og kjøpmennene fra Tarsis og alle deres unge løver[^2] skal si til deg: Kommer du for å rane og røve? Har du samlet dine skarer for å vinne hærfang, for å føre bort sølv og gull, for å ta fe og gods, for å gjøre et stort bytte?
OTB: Seba og Dedan og kjøpmennene fra Tarsis med alle deres landsbyer skal spørre deg: «Er det for å plyndre du kommer? Har du samlet dine skarer for å røve, for å ta sølv og gull, for å ta buskap og gods, for å gjøre et stort bytte?»’
B1930: Sjeba og Dedan og kjøbmennene fra Tarsis og alle deres unge løver skal si til dig: Kommer du for å rane og røve? Har du samlet dine skarer for å vinne hærfang, for å føre bort sølv og gull, for å ta fe og gods, for å gjøre et stort bytte? / < d.e. rovgjerrige handelsfyrster.>

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Ezekiel 27:15
The men of Dedan were thy merchants; many isles were the merchandise of thine hand: they brought thee for a present horns of ivory and ebony.
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Ezekiel 32:2
Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say unto him, Thou art like a young lion of the nations, and thou art as a whale in the seas: and thou camest forth with thy rivers, and troubledst the waters with thy feet, and fouledst their rivers.
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Ezekiel 27:22–23
The merchants of Sheba and Raamah, they were thy merchants: they occupied in thy fairs with chief of all spices, and with all precious stones, and gold.
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Ezekiel 27:20
Dedan was thy merchant in precious clothes for chariots.
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Nahum 2:11–13
Where is the dwelling of the lions, and the feedingplace of the young lions, where the lion, even the old lion, walked, and the lion’s whelp, and none made them afraid?
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Ezekiel 25:13
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also stretch out mine hand upon Edom, and will cut off man and beast from it; and I will make it desolate from Teman; and they of Dedan shall fall by the sword.
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Ezekiel 19:3–6
And she brought up one of her whelps: it became a young lion, and it learned to catch the prey; it devoured men.
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Ezekiel 27:25
The ships of Tarshish did sing of thee in thy market: and thou wast replenished, and made very glorious in the midst of the seas.
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