Ezekiel 38:8-13

38:8 After many days you will be summoned; in the latter years you will come to a land restored from the ravages of war, ¹  with many peoples gathered on the mountains of Israel that had long been in ruins. Its people ²  were brought out from the peoples, and all of them will be living securely. 38:9 You will advance; ³  you will come like a storm. You will be like a cloud covering the earth, you, all your troops, and the many other peoples with you.

38:10 “‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: On that day thoughts will come into your mind, ⁴  and you will devise an evil plan. 38:11 You will say, “I will invade ⁵  a land of unwalled towns; I will advance against ⁶  those living quietly in security – all of them living without walls and barred gates – 38:12 to loot and plunder, to attack ⁷  the inhabited ruins and the people gathered from the nations, who are acquiring cattle and goods, who live at the center ⁸  of the earth.” 38:13 Sheba and Dedan and the traders of Tarshish with all its young warriors ⁹  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?”’

[38:8]  ¹ tn Heb “from the sword.”

[38:8]  ² tn Heb “it.”

[38:9]  ³ tn Heb “go up.”

[38:10]  ⁴ tn Heb “words will go up upon your heart.”

[38:11]  ⁵ tn Heb “go up against.”

[38:11]  ⁶ tn Heb “come (to).”

[38:12]  ⁷ tn Heb “to turn your hand against.”

[38:12]  ⁸ tn The Hebrew term occurs elsewhere only in Judg 9:37. Perhaps it means “high point, top.”

[38:13]  ⁹ tn Heb “young lions.”