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10 “‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh: “And then[a] on that day, things[b] will come up on[c] your mind, and you will devise evil plans. 11 And you will say, ‘I will go up against a land of open country; I will come[d] to the people being at rest in safety,[e] all of them dwelling without a wall[f] and crossbars[g] and without doors,[h] 12 to[i] loot loot,[j] and to plunder[k] plunder, to assail[l] inhabited ruins and a people gathered together from various peoples and who are acquiring livestock and goods and dwelling at the center of the world.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 38:10 Literally “and it will be”
  2. Ezekiel 38:10 Or “thoughts”
  3. Ezekiel 38:10 Or “in”
  4. Ezekiel 38:11 Or “go”
  5. Ezekiel 38:11 Literally “with confidence”
  6. Ezekiel 38:11 Or “walls”
  7. Ezekiel 38:11 Hebrew “crossbar”
  8. Ezekiel 38:11 Literally “and doors there are not for them”
  9. Ezekiel 38:12 Or “for”
  10. Ezekiel 38:12 Or “war-booty”; this word is chosen because of the alliteration in Hebrew
  11. Ezekiel 38:12 Or “seize”; this word is chosen because of the alliteration in Hebrew
  12. Ezekiel 38:12 Literally “to bring back your hand against”; NJPS, “to turn your hand against”