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Ezekiel 38:12

in 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.’

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ASV

to take the spoil and to take the prey; to turn thy hand against the waste places that are now inhabited, and against the people that are gathered out of the nations, that have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the middle of the earth.

KJV

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.

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20 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
לִשְׁלֹ֥לlish.Lolto plunderH7997 →
שָׁלָ֖לsha.LalplunderH7998 →
וְלָבֹ֣זve.la.Vozand to take as spoilH962 →
בַּ֑זBazspoilH957 →
לְהָשִׁ֨יבle.ha.Shivto turnH7725 →
יָדְךָ֜ya.de.Khahand yourH3027 →
עַל־'al-onH5921 →
חֳרָב֣וֹתcho.ra.Votwaste placesH2723 →
נוֹשָׁבֹ֗תno.sha.VotinhabitedH3427 →
וְאֶל־ve.'el-and againstH413 →
עַם֙'ama peopleH5971 →
מְאֻסָּ֣ףme.'u.SafgatheredH622 →
מִגּוֹיִ֔םmi.go.Yimfrom nationsH1471 →
עֹשֶׂה֙'o.Seh[who] have acquiredH6213 →
מִקְנֶ֣הmik.NehlivestockH4735 →
וְקִנְיָ֔ןve.kin.Yanand possession[s]H7075 →
יֹשְׁבֵ֖יyo.she.Vei[who] dwellH3427 →
עַל־'al-atH5921 →
טַבּ֥וּרta.Bur[the] center ofH2872 →
הָאָֽרֶץ׃ha.'A.retzthe earthH776 →

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Ezekiel 38:8After a long time you will be summoned. In the latter years you will enter a land that has recovered from war, whose people were gathered from many nations to the mountains of Israel, which had long been desolate. They had been brought out from the nations, and all now dwell securely.Isaiah 10:6I will send him against a godless nation; I will dispatch him against a people destined for My rage, to take spoils and seize plunder, and to trample them down like clay in the streets.Ezekiel 29:19Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: I will give the land of Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, who will carry off its wealth, seize its spoil, and remove its plunder. This will be the wages for his army.Zechariah 1:17Proclaim further that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘My cities will again overflow with prosperity; the LORD will again comfort Zion and choose Jerusalem.’”Ezekiel 36:33–35This is what the Lord GOD says: On the day I cleanse you from all your iniquities, I will cause the cities to be resettled and the ruins to be rebuilt.Zechariah 1:12Then the angel of the LORD said, “How long, O LORD of Hosts, will You withhold mercy from Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, with which You have been angry these seventy years?”Isaiah 1:24–25Therefore the Lord GOD of Hosts, the Mighty One of Israel, declares: “Ah, I will be relieved of My foes and avenge Myself on My enemies.Jeremiah 32:43–44And fields will be bought in this land about which you are saying, ‘It is a desolation, without man or beast; it has been delivered into the hands of the Chaldeans.’Zechariah 13:7Awake, O sword, against My Shepherd, against the man who is My Companion, declares the LORD of Hosts. Strike the Shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered, and I will turn My hand against the little ones.Zechariah 10:8–10I will whistle for them to gather, for I have redeemed them; and they will be as numerous as they once were.Amos 1:8I will cut off the ruler of Ashdod and the one who wields the scepter in Ashkelon. I will turn My hand against Ekron, and the remnant of the Philistines will perish,” says the Lord GOD.Jeremiah 30:16Nevertheless, all who devour you will be devoured, and all your adversaries—every one of them—will go off into exile. Those who plundered you will be plundered, and all who raided you will be raided.Judges 9:37Then Gaal spoke up again, “Look, people are coming down from the center of the land, and one company is coming by way of the Diviners’ Oak.”Jeremiah 33:12–13This is what the LORD of Hosts says: In this desolate place, without man or beast, and in all its cities, there will once more be pastures for shepherds to rest their flocks.

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The Prophet Ezekiel — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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