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13 ‘Businessmen based in Sheba,[a] Dedan,[b] Tarshish,[c] and all of its growling lions will ask you, “Are you coming for war spoils? Have you assembled your armies to carry off silver and gold, and to gather lots of war booty?”’”

God’s Rebuke to Gog

14 “Therefore, Son of Man, prophesy to Gog and tell him, ‘This is what the Lord God says: “When the day comes when my people are living securely, won’t you be aware of it? 15 You’ll come in from your home[d] in the remotest parts of the north. You’ll come with many nations, all of them riding along on horses. You’ll be a huge, combined army.

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  1. Ezekiel 38:13 I.e. what is now southwest Saudi Arabia
  2. Ezekiel 38:13 I.e. what is now southern Saudi Arabia
  3. Ezekiel 38:13 I.e. a city accessible from the Red Sea to which ships based on the Elanitic Gulf could sail
  4. Ezekiel 38:15 Lit. place

13 Sheba(A) and Dedan(B) and the merchants of Tarshish(C) and all her villages[a] will say to you, “Have you come to plunder? Have you gathered your hordes to loot, to carry off silver and gold, to take away livestock and goods and to seize much plunder?(D)”’

14 “Therefore, son of man, prophesy and say to Gog: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: In that day, when my people Israel are living in safety,(E) will you not take notice of it? 15 You will come from your place in the far north,(F) you and many nations with you, all of them riding on horses, a great horde, a mighty army.(G)

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  1. Ezekiel 38:13 Or her strong lions