Ezekiel 38:13Sheba, 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?
The setting
Babylon, ~585 BC. Vision continues as wealthy trading nations question the invader's motives. Modern Iraq.
The emotion here: disgust at human greed during crisis
The original word
sachar (סָחַר) — to go around trading, traveling merchants seeking profit
Why it matters
Tarshish was likely Spain, showing this invasion has global implications
Read with care
What most readers miss in Ezekiel 38:13
The merchants aren't condemning the attack—they're asking if there's profit in it
Common misconceptionMost think these merchants oppose the invasion, but they're actually asking if they can profit from it—showing how evil spreads through greed.
The thread continues
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Bible Genome reading
Ezekiel 38:13 — Bible Genome reading
Emotional genome
Ezekiel 38:13 comes from the book of Ezekiel, written during the Exile period. These words are attributed to God. The dominant emotion in this verse is anxious, with a comfort power of 20% and a tone that is prophetic. It belongs to the prophecy genre of biblical literature. Key themes include international relations, commerce, questioning. Notable phrases: Sheba and Dedan; merchants of Tarshish. This verse contains prophecy.
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Verses that meet the same anxious
“And no wonder, for even Satan masquerades as an angel of light.”
— 2 Corinthians 11:14
“Yes, and all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution.”
— 2 Timothy 3:12
“The evil spirit answered, "Jesus I know, and Paul I know, but who are you?"”
— Acts 19:15
“I fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to me, 'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?'”
— Acts 22:7
“When we had all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice saying to me in the Hebrew language, 'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? It is har…”
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