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Have you gathered your hordes to loot, to carry off silver and gold, to take away livestock and goods and to seize much plunder?"&#8217 <a href="/nlt/ezekiel/38.htm">New Living Translation</a> But Sheba and Dedan and the merchants of Tarshish will ask, ‘Do you really think the armies you have gathered can rob them of silver and gold? Do you think you can drive away their livestock and seize their goods and carry off plunder?’ <a href="/esv/ezekiel/38.htm">English Standard Version</a> Sheba and Dedan and the merchants of Tarshish and all its leaders will say to you, ‘Have you come to seize spoil? Have you assembled your hosts to carry off plunder, to carry away silver and gold, to take away livestock and goods, to seize great spoil?’ <a href="/bsb/ezekiel/38.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> 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?’ <a href="/kjv/ezekiel/38.htm">King James Bible</a> 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? <a href="/nkjv/ezekiel/38.htm">New King James Version</a> Sheba, Dedan, the merchants of Tarshish, and all their young lions will say to you, ‘Have you come to take plunder? Have you gathered your army to take booty, to carry away silver and gold, to take away livestock and goods, to take great plunder?’ ” ’ <a href="/nasb_/ezekiel/38.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Sheba and Dedan and the merchants of Tarshish with all its villages will say to you, ‘Have you come to capture spoils? Have you assembled your contingent to seize plunder, to carry away silver and gold, to take away livestock and goods, to capture great spoils?’”’ <a href="/nasb/ezekiel/38.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220Sheba and Dedan and the merchants of Tarshish with all its villages will say to you, &#8216Have you come to capture spoil? Have you assembled your company to seize plunder, to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to capture great spoil?&#8217"&#8217 <a href="/nasb77/ezekiel/38.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all its villages, will say to you, ‘Have you come to capture spoil? Have you assembled your company to seize plunder, to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to capture great spoil?’”’ <a href="/lsb/ezekiel/38.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Sheba and Dedan and the merchants of Tarshish with all its young lions will say to you, ‘Have you come to capture spoil? Have you assembled your assembly to seize plunder, to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to capture great spoil?’”’ <a href="/amp/ezekiel/38.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Sheba and Dedan and the merchants of Tarshish (southern Spain), with all its young lions (villages) will say to you, ‘Have you come to take spoil? Have you assembled your hordes [of fighting men] to seize plunder, to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to take great spoil?’”’ <a href="/csb/ezekiel/38.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Sheba and Dedan and the merchants of Tarshish with all its rulers will ask you, “Have you come to seize spoil? Have you mobilized your assembly to carry off plunder, to make off with silver and gold, to take cattle and possessions, to seize plenty of spoil? ” ’ <a href="/hcsb/ezekiel/38.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Sheba and Dedan and the merchants of Tarshish with all its rulers will ask you, &#8216Have you come to seize spoil? Have you assembled your hordes to carry off plunder, to make off with silver and gold, to take cattle and possessions, to seize great spoil?&#8221 <a href="/asv/ezekiel/38.htm">American Standard Version</a> 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? <a href="/cev/ezekiel/38.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> The people of Sheba and Dedan, along with merchants from villages in southern Spain, will be your allies. They will want some of the silver and gold, as well as the livestock and property that your army takes from Israel. <a href="/erv/ezekiel/38.htm">English Revised Version</a> 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? <a href="/gwt/ezekiel/38.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> " 'Sheba, Dedan, the merchants from Tarshish, and all their villages will ask you, "Did you come to rob these people of their possessions? Did you assemble all these soldiers to carry away large amounts of silver and gold and to take cattle and property?"' <a href="/gnt/ezekiel/38.htm">Good News Translation</a> The people of Sheba and Dedan and the merchants from the towns of Spain will ask you, 'Have you assembled your army and attacked in order to loot and plunder? Do you intend to get silver and gold, livestock and property, and march off with all those spoils?'" <a href="/isv/ezekiel/38.htm">International Standard Version</a> Businessmen based in Sheba, Dedan, Tarshish, 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?"'" <a href="/msb/ezekiel/38.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> 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?? <a href="/net/ezekiel/38.htm">NET Bible</a> Sheba and Dedan and the traders of Tarshish with all its young warriors 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?"' <a href="/nheb/ezekiel/38.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the young lions of it, shall tell you, 'Have you come to take the spoil? Have you assembled your company to take the prey, to carry away silver and gold, to take away livestock and goods, to take great spoil?'"' <a href="/wbt/ezekiel/38.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all its young lions, shall say to 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? <a href="/web/ezekiel/38.htm">World English Bible</a> 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?’”’ <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/ezekiel/38.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> Sheba, and Dedan, and merchants of Tarshish, "" And all its young lions say to you, "" Are you coming to take spoil? Have you assembled your assembly to take prey? To carry away silver and gold? To take away livestock and substance? To take a great spoil? <a href="/ylt/ezekiel/38.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> Sheba, and Dedan, and merchants of Tarshish, And all its young lions say to thee: To take a spoil art thou come in? To take a prey assembled thine assembly? To bear away silver and gold? To take away cattle and substance? To take a great spoil? <a href="/slt/ezekiel/38.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Sheba and Dedan and the merchants of Tarshish, and all her young lions, they shall say to thee, For spoiling a spoil art thou come? For plundering a plunder didst thou call together thy convocation? to lift up silver and gold, to take cattle and substance, to spoil a great spoil?<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/ezekiel/38.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Saba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tharsis, and all the lions thereof shall say to thee: Art thou come to take spoils? behold, thou hast gathered thy multitude to take a prey, to take silver, and gold, and to carry away goods and substance, and to take rich spoils. <a href="/cpdv/ezekiel/38.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, and all its lions will say to you: ‘Could you have arrived in order to purchase from the spoils? Behold, you have gathered your multitude in order to plunder a prey, so that you may take silver and gold, and carry away equipment and substance, and plunder immeasurable wealth.’ <a href="/nabre/ezekiel/38.htm">New American Bible</a> Sheba and Dedan, the merchants of Tarshish and all its “young lions” shall ask you: “Have you come here to plunder? Have you summoned your army for pillage, to carry off silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to seize much plunder?” <a href="/nrsvce/ezekiel/38.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Sheba and Dedan and the merchants of Tarshish and all its young warriors will say to you, “Have you come to seize spoil? Have you assembled your horde to carry off plunder, to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to seize a great amount of booty?”<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/ezekiel/38.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Sheba and Deran and the merchants of Tarshish and all its villages shall say to you, Are you come to carry off captives and to take a spoil? Have you mobilized your host to take silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, and to take a great spoil? <a href="/hpbt/ezekiel/38.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> Sheba and Daran and the Merchants of Tarshish and all the villages shall say to you: ‘Have you come to take captivity captive and to loot the loot, and have you gathered your gatherings that you would take silver and gold, and will you take beasts and possessions, and will you take great prey?’<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/ezekiel/38.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the magnates thereof, shall say unto thee: Comest thou 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? <a href="/sep/ezekiel/38.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> Sabba, and Daedan, and Carthaginian merchants, and all their villages shall say to thee, Thou art come for plunder to take a prey, and to get spoils: thou hast gathered thy multitude to take silver and gold, to carry off property, to take spoils. <a href="/parallel/ezekiel/38-13.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vET3Gmwku4s?start=11401" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/38.htm">A Prophecy Against Gog</a> …12in order to seize the spoil and carry off the plunder, to turn a hand against the desolate places now inhabited and against a people gathered from the nations, who have acquired livestock and possessions and who live at the center of the land.’ 13<a href="/hebrew/7614.htm" title="7614: šə·ḇā (N-proper-ms) -- Of foreign origin; Sheba, the name of three early progenitors of tribes and of an Ethiopian district.">Sheba</a> <a href="/hebrew/1719.htm" title="1719: ū·ḏə·ḏān (Conj-w:: N-proper-ms) -- Or Ddaneh; of uncertain derivation; Dedan, the name of two Cushites and of their territory.">and Dedan</a> <a href="/hebrew/5503.htm" title="5503: wə·sō·ḥă·rê (Conj-w:: V-Qal-Prtcpl-mpc) -- To go around or about, travel about. A primitive root; to travel round; intensively, to palpitate.">and the merchants</a> <a href="/hebrew/8659.htm" title="8659: ṯar·šîš (N-proper-ms) -- A son of Javan, his desc. and their land, also a port on the Mediterranean, also a Benjamite, also a Pers. noble. ">of Tarshish</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: wə·ḵāl (Conj-w:: N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">with all</a> <a href="/hebrew/3715.htm" title="3715: kə·p̄i·re·hā (N-mpc:: 3fs) -- Young lion. From kaphar; a village; also a young lion.">its villages</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: yō·mə·rū (V-Qal-Imperf-3mp) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">will ask,</a> <a href="/hebrew/lə·ḵā (Prep:: 2ms) -- "></a> <a href="/hebrew/859.htm" title="859: ’at·tāh (Pro-2ms) -- You (masc. sing.). ">‘Have you</a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: ḇā (V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">come</a> <a href="/hebrew/7997.htm" title="7997: hă·liš·lōl (Prep:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To drop, strip, to plunder. A primitive root; to drop or strip; by implication, to plunder.">to capture</a> <a href="/hebrew/7998.htm" title="7998: šā·lāl (N-ms) -- A prey, spoil, plunder, booty. From shalal; booty.">the plunder?</a> <a href="/hebrew/6950.htm" title="6950: hiq·hal·tā (V-Hifil-Perf-2ms) -- To gather as an assembly or congregation. A primitive root; to convoke.">Have you assembled</a> <a href="/hebrew/6951.htm" title="6951: qə·hā·le·ḵā (N-msc:: 2ms) -- Assembly, convocation, congregation. From qahal; assemblage.">your hordes</a> <a href="/hebrew/962.htm" title="962: hă·lā·ḇōz (Prep:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To spoil, plunder. A primitive root; to plunder.">to carry away</a> <a href="/hebrew/957.htm" title="957: baz (N-ms) -- Spoiling, robbery, spoil, booty. From bazaz; plunder.">loot,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5375.htm" title="5375: lā·śêṯ (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- Or nacah ('abad); a primitive root; to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absol. And rel.">to make off</a> <a href="/hebrew/3701.htm" title="3701: ke·sep̄ (N-ms) -- Silver, money. From kacaph; silver; by implication, money.">with silver</a> <a href="/hebrew/2091.htm" title="2091: wə·zā·hāḇ (Conj-w:: N-ms) -- Gold. From an unused root meaning to shimmer; gold, figuratively, something gold-colored, as oil, a clear sky.">and gold,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3947.htm" title="3947: lā·qa·ḥaṯ (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To take. A primitive root; to take.">to take</a> <a href="/hebrew/4735.htm" title="4735: miq·neh (N-ms) -- Cattle. From qanah; something bought, i.e. Property, but only livestock; abstractly, acquisition.">cattle</a> <a href="/hebrew/7075.htm" title="7075: wə·qin·yān (Conj-w:: N-ms) -- Something gotten or acquired, acquisition. From qanah; creation, i.e. creatures; also acquisition, purchase, wealth.">and goods,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7997.htm" title="7997: liš·lōl (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To drop, strip, to plunder. A primitive root; to drop or strip; by implication, to plunder.">to seize</a> <a href="/hebrew/1419.htm" title="1419: gā·ḏō·wl (Adj-ms) -- Great. Or gadol; from gadal; great; hence, older; also insolent.">great</a> <a href="/hebrew/7998.htm" title="7998: šā·lāl (N-ms) -- A prey, spoil, plunder, booty. From shalal; booty.">spoil?’</a> 14Therefore prophesy, son of man, and tell Gog that this is what the Lord GOD says: On that day when My people Israel are dwelling securely, will you not take notice of this?…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/revelation/20-8.htm">Revelation 20:8</a> and will go out to deceive the nations in the four corners of the earth—Gog and Magog—to assemble them for battle. Their number is like the sand of the seashore. <a href="/revelation/18-11.htm">Revelation 18:11-13</a> And the merchants of the earth will weep and mourn over her, because there is no one left to buy their cargo— / cargo of gold, silver, precious stones, and pearls; of fine linen, purple, silk, and scarlet; of all kinds of citron wood and every article of ivory, precious wood, bronze, iron, and marble; / of cinnamon, spice, incense, myrrh, and frankincense; of wine, olive oil, fine flour, and wheat; of cattle, sheep, horses, and carriages; of bodies and souls of slaves. <a href="/isaiah/60-6.htm">Isaiah 60:6</a> Caravans of camels will cover your land, young camels of Midian and Ephah, and all from Sheba will come, bearing gold and frankincense and proclaiming the praises of the LORD. <a href="/isaiah/23-1.htm">Isaiah 23:1-18</a> This is the burden against Tyre: Wail, O ships of Tarshish, for Tyre is laid waste, without house or harbor. Word has reached them from the land of Cyprus. / Be silent, O dwellers of the coastland, you merchants of Sidon, whose traders have crossed the sea. / On the great waters came the grain of Shihor; the harvest of the Nile was the revenue of Tyre; she was the merchant of the nations. ... <a href="/jeremiah/25-22.htm">Jeremiah 25:22</a> all the kings of Tyre and Sidon; the kings of the coastlands across the sea; <a href="/1_kings/10-22.htm">1 Kings 10:22</a> For the king had the ships of Tarshish at sea with Hiram’s fleet, and once every three years the ships of Tarshish would arrive bearing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks. <a href="/psalms/72-10.htm">Psalm 72:10</a> May the kings of Tarshish and distant shores bring tribute; may the kings of Sheba and Seba offer gifts. <a href="/revelation/18-3.htm">Revelation 18:3</a> All the nations have drunk the wine of the passion of her immorality. The kings of the earth were immoral with her, and the merchants of the earth have grown wealthy from the extravagance of her luxury.” <a href="/revelation/17-4.htm">Revelation 17:4</a> The woman was dressed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls. She held in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the impurities of her sexual immorality. <a href="/isaiah/2-16.htm">Isaiah 2:16</a> against every ship of Tarshish, and against every stately vessel. <a href="/jeremiah/49-31.htm">Jeremiah 49:31</a> Rise up, advance against a nation at ease, one that dwells securely,” declares the LORD. “They have no gates or bars; they live alone. <a href="/1_kings/10-15.htm">1 Kings 10:15</a> not including the revenue from the merchants, traders, and all the Arabian kings and governors of the land. <a href="/matthew/12-42.htm">Matthew 12:42</a> The Queen of the South will rise at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and now One greater than Solomon is here. <a href="/2_chronicles/9-21.htm">2 Chronicles 9:21</a> For the king had the ships of Tarshish that went with Hiram’s servants, and once every three years the ships of Tarshish would arrive bearing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks. <a href="/isaiah/21-13.htm">Isaiah 21:13</a> This is the burden against Arabia: In the thickets of Arabia you must lodge, O caravans of Dedanites.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the young lions thereof, shall say to you, Are you come to take a spoil? have you gathered your company to take a prey? to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to take a great spoil?Sheba<a href="/ezekiel/27-12.htm">Ezekiel 27:12,15,20,22,23,25</a> Tarshish was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of all kind of riches; with silver, iron, tin, and lead, they traded in thy fairs… with<a href="/ezekiel/19-3.htm">Ezekiel 19:3-6</a> And she brought up one of her whelps: it became a young lion, and it learned to catch the prey; it devoured men… <a href="/ezekiel/32-2.htm">Ezekiel 32:2</a> 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.<a href="/psalms/57-4.htm">Psalm 57:4</a> My soul is among lions: and I lie even among them that are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ezekiel/38-7.htm">Assembled</a> <a href="/ezekiel/32-9.htm">Carry</a> <a href="/ezekiel/38-12.htm">Cattle</a> <a href="/ezekiel/38-7.htm">Company</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-20.htm">Dedan</a> <a href="/ezekiel/38-12.htm">Gathered</a> <a href="/ezekiel/28-13.htm">Gold</a> <a href="/ezekiel/38-12.htm">Goods</a> <a href="/ezekiel/38-9.htm">Great</a> <a href="/ezekiel/19-6.htm">Lions</a> <a href="/esther/1-8.htm">Magnates</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-36.htm">Merchants</a> <a href="/ezekiel/38-12.htm">Prey</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-23.htm">Sheba</a> <a href="/ezekiel/28-4.htm">Silver</a> <a href="/ezekiel/38-12.htm">Spoil</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-25.htm">Tarshish</a> <a href="/ezekiel/32-13.htm">Thereof</a> <a href="/ezekiel/32-2.htm">Young</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ezekiel/39-27.htm">Assembled</a> <a href="/daniel/11-8.htm">Carry</a> <a href="/joel/1-18.htm">Cattle</a> <a href="/ezekiel/38-15.htm">Company</a> <a href="/genesis/10-7.htm">Dedan</a> <a href="/ezekiel/39-27.htm">Gathered</a> <a href="/daniel/2-32.htm">Gold</a> <a href="/obadiah/1-11.htm">Goods</a> <a href="/ezekiel/38-15.htm">Great</a> <a href="/daniel/6-12.htm">Lions</a> <a href="/esther/1-8.htm">Magnates</a> <a href="/nahum/3-16.htm">Merchants</a> <a href="/ezekiel/39-4.htm">Prey</a> <a href="/joel/3-8.htm">Sheba</a> <a href="/daniel/2-32.htm">Silver</a> <a href="/ezekiel/39-10.htm">Spoil</a> <a href="/jonah/1-3.htm">Tarshish</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-6.htm">Thereof</a> <a href="/ezekiel/41-19.htm">Young</a><div class="vheading2">Ezekiel 38</div>1. <a href="/ezekiel/38-1.htm">The army</a> 8. <a href="/ezekiel/38-8.htm">and malice of Gog</a> 14. <a href="/ezekiel/38-14.htm">God's judgment against him</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/ezekiel/38.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/ezekiel/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/ezekiel/38.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>Sheba and Dedan Sheba and Dedan were ancient regions located in the Arabian Peninsula. Sheba is often associated with the kingdom of the Queen of Sheba, who visited Solomon (<a href="/1_kings/10.htm">1 Kings 10:1-13</a>). Dedan is mentioned in several biblical passages (<a href="/isaiah/21-13.htm">Isaiah 21:13</a>, <a href="/jeremiah/25-23.htm">Jeremiah 25:23</a>) and was known for its trade routes. These regions were known for their wealth and trade, suggesting a connection to commerce and material prosperity.and the merchants of Tarshish with all its villages Tarshish is often identified with a distant maritime location, possibly in the western Mediterranean, such as Spain. It was known for its ships and trade (<a href="/jonah/1-3.htm">Jonah 1:3</a>, <a href="/isaiah/23.htm">Isaiah 23:1</a>). The mention of "all its villages" implies a network of trading communities. This phrase highlights the commercial interests and the economic implications of the events described.will ask, ‘Have you come to capture the plunder? The question posed by Sheba, Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish suggests a concern for economic stability and the protection of wealth. The term "plunder" indicates a focus on material gain and the threat of invasion or conflict disrupting trade and prosperity.Have you assembled your hordes to carry away loot, The assembling of "hordes" implies a large, organized military force. This phrase suggests a premeditated plan to seize wealth, reflecting the aggressive nature of the invaders. The term "loot" reinforces the idea of taking valuable goods by force.to make off with silver and gold, Silver and gold are often symbols of wealth and prosperity in the Bible. Their mention here underscores the material motivations behind the invasion. This reflects the broader biblical theme of the transient nature of earthly riches (<a href="/proverbs/23-5.htm">Proverbs 23:5</a>, <a href="/matthew/6-19.htm">Matthew 6:19-21</a>).to take cattle and goods, Cattle and goods represent not only wealth but also sustenance and economic resources. The taking of these items would have significant implications for the livelihoods of those affected, indicating a comprehensive plundering of resources.to seize great spoil?’ The phrase "great spoil" emphasizes the extent and value of the resources targeted by the invaders. This reflects the magnitude of the threat and the potential impact on the affected regions. The concept of "spoil" is often associated with the aftermath of battle, highlighting the destructive consequences of conflict.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/s/sheba_and_dedan.htm">Sheba and Dedan</a> These are ancient regions often associated with trade and wealth. Sheba is traditionally linked to the Arabian Peninsula, while Dedan is thought to be in the northwestern part of modern-day Saudi Arabia. 2. <a href="/topical/m/merchants_of_tarshish.htm">Merchants of Tarshish</a> Tarshish is believed to be a distant trading partner, possibly located in the western Mediterranean. The merchants symbolize international trade and commerce. 3. <a href="/topical/v/villages.htm">Villages</a> The term "villages" here can also be translated as "young lions" in some versions, indicating smaller, dependent entities or nations allied with Tarshish. 4. <a href="/topical/s/spoil_and_plunder.htm">Spoil and Plunder</a> The passage speaks of an invasion motivated by greed, aiming to seize wealth and resources. 5. <a href="/topical/h/hordes.htm">Hordes</a> Refers to the invading armies gathered for the purpose of plundering.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/u/understanding_prophetic_context.htm">Understanding Prophetic Context</a> Recognize the symbolic nature of the nations and merchants in Ezekiel's prophecy, representing broader themes of materialism and greed. <a href="/topical/t/the_dangers_of_materialism.htm">The Dangers of Materialism</a> Reflect on how the pursuit of wealth can lead to moral and spiritual decay, as seen in the motivations of the invaders. <a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_over_nations.htm">God's Sovereignty Over Nations</a> Trust in God's ultimate control over world events, even when nations rise and fall for material gain. <a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_witness.htm">The Role of Witness</a> Consider how believers are called to be witnesses in a world driven by materialism, offering a different perspective rooted in eternal values. <a href="/topical/p/preparation_for_spiritual_battle.htm">Preparation for Spiritual Battle</a> Equip oneself with spiritual discernment to recognize and resist the temptations of greed and materialism.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_ezekiel_38.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Ezekiel 38</a> <a href="/q/does_ezekiel_27's_tarshish_match_history.htm">Does the mention of Tarshish and other distant lands in Ezekiel 27 align with known ancient geography and historical records?</a> <a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_about_america.htm">What does the Bible mention about America?</a> <a href="/q/do_findings_support_ezekiel_27_12-23_trade.htm">In Ezekiel 27:12-23, are the extensive trade routes and goods mentioned supported by archaeological findings?</a> <a href="/q/evidence_for_tribes_in_genesis_25_1-4.htm">What evidence supports or challenges the historical existence of the tribes mentioned in Genesis 25:1-4?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/ezekiel/38.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(13) Sheba, and Dedan . . . . Tarshish.--The first two are districts of Arabia, and the last is probably the Tartessus in Spain. These names seem to be added to those of <a href="/context/ezekiel/38-5.htm" title="Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet:">Ezekiel 38:5-6</a>, to show that all the nations of the world sympathise in this attack upon the Church.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/ezekiel/38.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 13. - Sheba, and Dorian, and the merchants of Tarshish were the great trading communities of the South, East, and West respectively (see on Ezekiel 27:15, 20, 22, 25). The young lions thereof - i.e. of Tarshish, not of the other communities (Keil) - were probably intended to represent, not the" authorities" of Tarshish, as Hitzig suggests, but its smaller tradesmen who were equally rapacious with its larger merchants. All are depicted as following in the wake of Gog, like vultures in the rear of an army, and as inquiring whether Gog had come simply for the purpose of destruction or in the hope of trading with the booty he should capture. In this case they intimate their wish to be partakers of the spoil This (Plumptre), rather than the thirst for booty which characterized them (Keil), their question to Gog signified; Schroder's idea, that they purposed ironically to ridicule the smallness of the spoil which would reward so gigantic an expedition, has as little to recommend it as Kliefoth's suggestion, that they designed to intimate their sympathy with Gog's invasion of Israel. <a href="/commentaries/ezekiel/38-13.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>Sheba שְׁבָ֡א (šə·ḇā) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7614.htm">Strong's 7614: </a> Sheba -- a territory in soutwest Arabia, also the name of one or more descendant of Noah and Dedan וּ֠דְדָן (ū·ḏə·ḏān) Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1719.htm">Strong's 1719: </a> Dedan -- a descendant of Ham, also a descendant of Abraham and the merchants וְסֹחֲרֵ֨י (wə·sō·ḥă·rê) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5503.htm">Strong's 5503: </a> To go around or about, travel about of Tarshish תַרְשִׁ֤ישׁ (ṯar·šîš) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8659.htm">Strong's 8659: </a> Tarshish -- a son of Javan, also a port on the Mediterranean, also a Benjamite with all וְכָל־ (wə·ḵāl) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every its villages כְּפִרֶ֙יהָ֙ (kə·p̄i·re·hā) Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3715.htm">Strong's 3715: </a> A village, a young lion will ask יֹאמְר֣וּ (yō·mə·rū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> To utter, say you, לְךָ֔ (lə·ḵā) Preposition | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> “Have you אַתָּ֣ה (’at·tāh) Pronoun - second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_859.htm">Strong's 859: </a> Thou and thee, ye and you come בָ֔א (ḇā) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> To come in, come, go in, go to capture הֲלִשְׁלֹ֤ל (hă·liš·lōl) Preposition | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7997.htm">Strong's 7997: </a> To drop, strip, to plunder spoil? שָׁלָל֙ (šā·lāl) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7998.htm">Strong's 7998: </a> A prey, spoil, plunder, booty Have you assembled הִקְהַ֣לְתָּ (hiq·hal·tā) Verb - Hifil - Perfect - second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6950.htm">Strong's 6950: </a> To gather as an assembly or congregation your hordes קְהָלֶ֑ךָ (qə·hā·le·ḵā) Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6951.htm">Strong's 6951: </a> Assembly, convocation, congregation to carry off plunder, הֲלָבֹ֥ז (hă·lā·ḇōz) Preposition | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_962.htm">Strong's 962: </a> To spoil, plunder to make off לָשֵׂ֣את ׀ (lā·śêṯ) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5375.htm">Strong's 5375: </a> To lift, carry, take with silver כֶּ֣סֶף (ke·sep̄) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3701.htm">Strong's 3701: </a> Silver, money and gold, וְזָהָ֗ב (wə·zā·hāḇ) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2091.htm">Strong's 2091: </a> Gold, something gold-colored, as oil, a clear sky to take לָקַ֙חַת֙ (lā·qa·ḥaṯ) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3947.htm">Strong's 3947: </a> To take cattle מִקְנֶ֣ה (miq·neh) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4735.htm">Strong's 4735: </a> Something bought, property, livestock, acquisition and goods, וְקִנְיָ֔ן (wə·qin·yān) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7075.htm">Strong's 7075: </a> Creation, creatures, acquisition, purchase, wealth to seize לִשְׁלֹ֖ל (liš·lōl) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7997.htm">Strong's 7997: </a> To drop, strip, to plunder great גָּדֽוֹל׃ (gā·ḏō·wl) Adjective - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1419.htm">Strong's 1419: </a> Great, older, insolent spoil??? שָׁלָ֥ל (šā·lāl) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7998.htm">Strong's 7998: </a> A prey, spoil, plunder, booty <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/ezekiel/38-13.htm">Ezekiel 38:13 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/ezekiel/38-13.htm">Ezekiel 38:13 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/ezekiel/38-13.htm">Ezekiel 38:13 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/ezekiel/38-13.htm">Ezekiel 38:13 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/ezekiel/38-13.htm">Ezekiel 38:13 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/ezekiel/38-13.htm">Ezekiel 38:13 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/ezekiel/38-13.htm">Ezekiel 38:13 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/ezekiel/38-13.htm">Ezekiel 38:13 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/ezekiel/38-13.htm">Ezekiel 38:13 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/ezekiel/38-13.htm">Ezekiel 38:13 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/ezekiel/38-13.htm">OT Prophets: Ezekiel 38:13 Sheba and Dedan and the merchants (Ezek. 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