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Ezekiel 38:12

Ezekiel 38:12

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take a spoil, and to take a prey: Heb. spoil the spoil, and to prey the prey, Ezekiel 29:19 *marg. Isaiah 10:6; Jeremiah 30:16

turn: Isaiah 1:24-25; Amos 1:8; Zechariah 13:7

the desolate: Ezekiel 36:33-35; Jeremiah 32:43-44, Jeremiah 33:12-13; Zechariah 1:12, Zechariah 1:17

and upon: Ezekiel 38:8; Zechariah 10:8-10

midst: Heb. navel, Judges 9:37 *marg.

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