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It shall also come to pass, <i>that</i> at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/ezekiel/38.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />‘Thus says the Lord GOD: “On that day it shall come to pass <i>that</i> thoughts will arise in your mind, and you will make an evil plan:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/ezekiel/38.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />‘This is what the Lord GOD says: “It will come about on that day, that thoughts will come into your mind and you will devise an evil plan,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/38.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8216Thus says the Lord GOD, &#8220It will come about on that day, that thoughts will come into your mind and you will devise an evil plan,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/ezekiel/38.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />‘Thus says the Lord GOD, “It will come about on that day, that thoughts will come into your mind, and you will devise an evil plan,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/ezekiel/38.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />‘Thus says Lord Yahweh, “It will be in that day, <i>that</i> thoughts will come into your heart, and you will devise an evil plan,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/ezekiel/38.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />‘Thus says the Lord GOD, “It will come about on that day that thoughts will come into your mind, and you will devise an evil plan,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/ezekiel/38.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />“ ‘This is what the Lord GOD says: On that day, thoughts will arise in your mind, and you will devise an evil plan.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/ezekiel/38.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />This is what the Lord GOD says: On that day, thoughts will arise in your mind, and you will devise an evil plan. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/ezekiel/38.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: It shall come to pass in that day, that things shall come into thy mind, and thou shalt devise an evil device:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/ezekiel/38.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />When that day comes, I know that you will have an evil plan <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/ezekiel/38.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Thus saith the Lord GOD: It shall come to pass in that day, that things shall come into thy mind, and thou shalt devise an evil device:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/ezekiel/38.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />" 'This is what the Almighty LORD says: At that time ideas will enter your head, and you will make wicked plans.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/ezekiel/38.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />This is what the Sovereign LORD says to Gog: "When that time comes, you will start thinking up an evil plan. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/ezekiel/38.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"This is what the Lord GOD says: 'This is what's going to happen on the very day that you begin your invasion: You'll be thinking, making evil plans, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/ezekiel/38.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />This is what the Lord GOD says: On that day, thoughts will arise in your mind, and you will devise an evil plan.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/ezekiel/38.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />"'This is what the sovereign LORD says: On that day thoughts will come into your mind, and you will devise an evil plan.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/ezekiel/38.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />"'Thus says the Lord GOD: "It shall happen in that day, that things shall come into your mind, and you shall devise an evil device:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/ezekiel/38.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Thus saith the Lord GOD; It shall also come to pass, that at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/ezekiel/38.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />“‘The Lord Yahweh says: “It will happen in that day that things will come into your mind, and you will devise an evil plan. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/ezekiel/38.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Thus said Lord YHWH: And it has come to pass in that day, "" Things come up on your heart, "" And you have thought an evil thought,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/ezekiel/38.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Thus said the Lord Jehovah: And it hath come to pass in that day, Come up do things on thy heart, And thou hast thought an evil thought,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/ezekiel/38.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Thus said the Lord Jehovah and it was in that day words will come up upon thy heart, and thou purposed an evil purpose:<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/ezekiel/38.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Thus saith the Lord God: In that day projects shall enter into thy heart, and thou shalt conceive a mischievous design. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/ezekiel/38.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Thus says the Lord God: In that day, words will climb into your heart, and you will invent a most wicked plan.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/ezekiel/38.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Thus says the Lord GOD: On that day thoughts shall cross your mind, and you shall devise an evil plan.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/ezekiel/38.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Thus says the Lord GOD: On that day thoughts will come into your mind, and you will devise an evil scheme.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/ezekiel/38.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Thus says the LORD God: It shall come to pass that in that very day thoughts shall come into your mind and you shall think an evil thought;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/ezekiel/38.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Thus says THE LORD OF LORDS: ‘In that day words shall come up on your heart, and you shall consider evil ideas<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/ezekiel/38.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Thus saith the Lord GOD: It shall come to pass in that day, that things shall come into thy mind, and thou shalt devise an evil device;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/ezekiel/38.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Thus saith the Lord God; It shall also come to pass in that day, that thoughts shall come up into thine heart, and thou shalt devise evil devices.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/ezekiel/38-10.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vET3Gmwku4s?start=11358" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/38.htm">A Prophecy Against Gog</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">9</span>You and all your troops, and many peoples with you will go up, advancing like a thunderstorm; you will be like a cloud covering the land. <span class="reftext">10</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3541.htm" title="3541: kōh (Adv) -- Thus, here. From the prefix k and huw'; properly, like this, i.e. By implication, thus; also here; or now.">This is what</a> <a href="/hebrew/136.htm" title="136: ’ă·ḏō·nāy (N-proper-ms) -- Lord. Am emphatic form of 'adown; the Lord.">the Lord</a> <a href="/hebrew/3069.htm" title="3069: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- YHWH. A variation of Yhovah.">GOD</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: ’ā·mar (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">says:</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: wə·hā·yāh (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3ms) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1931.htm" title="1931: ha·hū (Art:: Pro-3ms) -- He, she, it. ">On that</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: bay·yō·wm (Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">day,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1697.htm" title="1697: ḏə·ḇā·rîm (N-mp) -- Speech, word. From dabar; a word; by implication, a matter or thing; adverbially, a cause.">thoughts</a> <a href="/hebrew/5927.htm" title="5927: ya·‘ă·lū (V-Qal-Imperf-3mp) -- A primitive root; to ascend, intransitively or actively; used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative.">will arise</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">in</a> <a href="/hebrew/3824.htm" title="3824: lə·ḇā·ḇe·ḵā (N-msc:: 2ms) -- Inner man, mind, will, heart. From labab; the heart; used also like leb.">your mind,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2803.htm" title="2803: wə·ḥā·šaḇ·tā (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-2ms) -- To think, account. ">and you will devise</a> <a href="/hebrew/7451.htm" title="7451: rā·‘āh (Adj-fs) -- Bad, evil. From ra'a'; bad or evil.">an evil</a> <a href="/hebrew/4284.htm" title="4284: ma·ḥă·še·ḇeṯ (N-fsc) -- Thought, device. Or machashebeth; from chashab; a contrivance, i.e. a texture, machine, or intention, plan.">plan.</a> </span><span class="reftext">11</span>You will say, ‘I will go up against a land of unwalled villages; I will come against a tranquil people who dwell securely, all of them living without walls or bars or gates—…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/20-8.htm">Revelation 20:8</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/16-14.htm">Revelation 16:14</a></span><br />These are demonic spirits that perform signs and go out to all the kings of the earth, to assemble them for battle on the great day of God the Almighty.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/29-11.htm">Jeremiah 29:11</a></span><br />For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, to give you a future and a hope.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/10-7.htm">Isaiah 10:7</a></span><br />But this is not his intention; this is not his plan. For it is in his heart to destroy and cut off many nations.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/micah/4-11.htm">Micah 4:11-12</a></span><br />But now many nations have assembled against you, saying, “Let her be defiled, and let us feast our eyes on Zion.” / But they do not know the thoughts of the LORD or understand His plan, for He has gathered them like sheaves to the threshing floor.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/2-1.htm">Psalm 2:1-3</a></span><br />Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain? / The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather together, against the LORD and against His Anointed One: / “Let us break Their chains and cast away Their cords.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/daniel/11-36.htm">Daniel 11:36</a></span><br />Then the king will do as he pleases and will exalt and magnify himself above every god, and he will speak monstrous things against the God of gods. He will be successful until the time of wrath is completed, for what has been decreed must be accomplished.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zechariah/12-3.htm">Zechariah 12:3</a></span><br />On that day, when all the nations of the earth gather against her, I will make Jerusalem a heavy stone for all the peoples; all who would heave it away will be severely injured.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joel/3-9.htm">Joel 3:9-12</a></span><br />Proclaim this among the nations: “Prepare for war; rouse the mighty men; let all the men of war advance and attack! / Beat your plowshares into swords and your pruning hooks into spears. Let the weak say, ‘I am strong!’ / Come quickly, all you surrounding nations, and gather yourselves. Bring down Your mighty ones, O LORD. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/19-19.htm">Revelation 19:19</a></span><br />Then I saw the beast and the kings of the earth with their armies assembled to wage war against the One seated on the horse, and against His army.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/14-24.htm">Isaiah 14:24-27</a></span><br />The LORD of Hosts has sworn: “Surely, as I have planned, so will it be; as I have purposed, so will it stand. / I will break Assyria in My land; I will trample him on My mountain. His yoke will be taken off My people, and his burden removed from their shoulders.” / This is the plan devised for the whole earth, and this is the hand stretched out over all the nations. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/50-45.htm">Jeremiah 50:45</a></span><br />Therefore hear the plans that the LORD has drawn up against Babylon and the strategies He has devised against the land of the Chaldeans: Surely the little ones of the flock will be dragged away; certainly their pasture will be made desolate because of them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/83-3.htm">Psalm 83:3-5</a></span><br />With cunning they scheme against Your people and conspire against those You cherish, / saying, “Come, let us erase them as a nation; may the name of Israel be remembered no more.” / For with one mind they plot together; they form an alliance against You—<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/8-9.htm">Isaiah 8:9-10</a></span><br />Huddle together, O peoples, and be shattered; pay attention, all you distant lands; prepare for battle, and be shattered; prepare for battle, and be shattered! / Devise a plan, but it will be thwarted; state a proposal, but it will not happen. For God is with us.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/24-9.htm">Matthew 24:9-10</a></span><br />Then they will deliver you over to be persecuted and killed, and you will be hated by all nations because of My name. / At that time many will fall away and will betray and hate one another,</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Thus said the Lord GOD; It shall also come to pass, that at the same time shall things come into your mind, and you shall think an evil thought:</p><p class="hdg">that at</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/83-3.htm">Psalm 83:3,4</a></b></br> They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden ones… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/139-2.htm">Psalm 139:2</a></b></br> Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/proverbs/19-21.htm">Proverbs 19:21</a></b></br> <i>There are</i> many devices in a man's heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand.</p><p class="hdg">think an evil thought.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/36-4.htm">Psalm 36:4</a></b></br> He deviseth mischief upon his bed; he setteth himself in a way <i>that is</i> not good; he abhorreth not evil.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/proverbs/6-14.htm">Proverbs 6:14,18</a></b></br> Frowardness <i>is</i> in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/proverbs/12-2.htm">Proverbs 12:2</a></b></br> A good <i>man</i> obtaineth favour of the LORD: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ezekiel/1-16.htm">Design</a> <a href="/lamentations/3-62.htm">Device</a> <a href="/ezekiel/11-2.htm">Devise</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-31.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-26.htm">Heart</a> <a href="/ezekiel/33-16.htm">Mind</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-45.htm">Plan</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/7-27.htm">Scheme</a> <a href="/ezekiel/28-6.htm">Think</a> <a href="/ezekiel/20-32.htm">Thought</a> <a href="/ezekiel/14-5.htm">Thoughts</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-17.htm">Time</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ezekiel/42-11.htm">Design</a> <a href="/acts/17-29.htm">Device</a> <a href="/daniel/11-24.htm">Devise</a> <a href="/daniel/2-2.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-4.htm">Heart</a> <a href="/daniel/1-8.htm">Mind</a> <a href="/ezekiel/43-10.htm">Plan</a> <a href="/micah/2-1.htm">Scheme</a> <a href="/daniel/7-25.htm">Think</a> <a href="/daniel/1-4.htm">Thought</a> <a href="/daniel/2-29.htm">Thoughts</a> <a href="/ezekiel/38-17.htm">Time</a><div class="vheading2">Ezekiel 38</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/38-1.htm">The army</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/38-8.htm">and malice of Gog</a></span><br><span class="reftext">14. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/38-14.htm">God's judgment against him</a></span><br></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><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <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> <br /><br /> </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><b>This is what the Lord GOD says:</b><br>This phrase emphasizes the authority and divine origin of the message. It is a common prophetic introduction, underscoring that the words are not from the prophet himself but from God. This formula is used throughout the Old Testament to affirm the authenticity and seriousness of the prophecy. It connects to other prophetic books where similar declarations are made, such as in Isaiah and Jeremiah, reinforcing the consistency of God's communication with His people.<p><b>On that day:</b><br>This phrase often refers to a specific time in the future, frequently associated with eschatological events or the "Day of the Lord." It indicates a divinely appointed time when significant events will unfold. In the context of Ezekiel, it points to a future period of judgment and fulfillment of prophecy. This phrase is used in other prophetic books like Joel and Zechariah, where it signifies a time of both judgment and restoration.<p><b>Thoughts will arise in your mind:</b><br>This suggests an internal process where ideas or intentions form. In biblical context, the mind is often seen as the seat of thought and intention. The phrase implies a premeditated action, highlighting the moral responsibility of the individual or nation involved. It reflects the biblical theme of God knowing the thoughts and intentions of the heart, as seen in passages like <a href="/psalms/139-2.htm">Psalm 139:2</a> and <a href="/hebrews/4-12.htm">Hebrews 4:12</a>.<p><b>And you will devise an evil plan:</b><br>This indicates a deliberate and conscious decision to engage in wrongdoing. The term "evil plan" suggests actions that are contrary to God's will and harmful to others. In the context of Ezekiel, it refers to the intentions of Gog, a leader of a coalition of nations, to attack Israel. This reflects the broader biblical theme of human rebellion against God, seen in narratives like the Tower of Babel and the plots against Jesus Christ. The phrase also connects to the prophetic literature where nations often devise plans against God's people, only to be thwarted by divine intervention, as seen in <a href="/isaiah/8-10.htm">Isaiah 8:10</a> and <a href="/psalms/33-10.htm">Psalm 33:10</a>.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord_god.htm">The Lord GOD</a></b><br>The sovereign ruler and ultimate authority, who is speaking through the prophet Ezekiel.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/g/gog.htm">Gog</a></b><br>A leader or figure representing forces opposed to God, often interpreted as a symbol of future adversaries.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/m/magog.htm">Magog</a></b><br>A land or people associated with Gog, representing nations or groups in opposition to God's people.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/e/ezekiel.htm">Ezekiel</a></b><br>A prophet of God who conveys God's messages and visions to the people of Israel.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a></b><br>The nation and people of God, often the target of opposition in prophetic literature.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_sovereignty_of_god.htm">The Sovereignty of God</a></b><br>Despite the evil plans of Gog, God remains in control and uses even opposition to fulfill His purposes.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_nature_of_evil.htm">The Nature of Evil</a></b><br>Evil often begins in the mind with thoughts and intentions, highlighting the importance of guarding our hearts and minds.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/prophetic_fulfillment.htm">Prophetic Fulfillment</a></b><br>The events described in <a href="/bsb/ezekiel/38.htm">Ezekiel 38</a> are part of a larger prophetic account that points to God's ultimate victory over evil.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_vigilance.htm">Spiritual Vigilance</a></b><br>Believers are called to be aware of spiritual opposition and to stand firm in faith, trusting in God's protection.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_plans_vs._human_plans.htm">God's Plans vs. Human Plans</a></b><br>While humans may devise plans, it is God's plans that ultimately prevail, offering hope and assurance to His people.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_ezekiel_38.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Ezekiel 38</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/bible_books'_order.htm">What is the order of the Bible's books?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_god_appear_silent_or_absent.htm">Why does God appear silent or absent?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_are_moses_and_jesus_similar.htm">What similarities exist between Moses and Jesus?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_do_old_and_new_testaments_differ.htm">How do the Old and New Testaments differ?</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>(10) <span class= "bld">Think an evil thought.--</span>In <a href="/context/ezekiel/38-10.htm" title="Thus said the Lord GOD; It shall also come to pass, that at the same time shall things come into your mind, and you shall think an evil thought:">Ezekiel 38:10-14</a> the motives of Gog in his attack upon Israel are fully exposed. It is to be remembered that in <a href="/ezekiel/38-4.htm" title="And I will turn you back, and put hooks into your jaws, and I will bring you forth, and all your army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of armor, even a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords:">Ezekiel 38:4</a>, and again in <a href="/ezekiel/38-16.htm" title="And you shall come up against my people of Israel, as a cloud to cover the land; it shall be in the latter days, and I will bring you against my land, that the heathen may know me, when I shall be sanctified in you, O Gog, before their eyes.">Ezekiel 38:16</a>, the leading of this foe against the Church is represented as God's own act; here it is explained that God did this by allowing him to follow out the devices of his own heart.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/ezekiel/38.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 10.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Thou shalt think an evil thought</span>; "conceive a mischievous purpose" (margin); or, <span class="accented">devise an evil device</span> (Revised Version). The ultimate responsibility for Gog's expedition should rest on Gog himself, who should be impelled thereto by his own lust of conquest. Ezekiel here recognizes what the Bible is full of, the duality of existence, according to which man is both a free agent, acting out his own thoughts and plans, and an unconscious instrument in the hands of God carrying out his counsels and designs. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/ezekiel/38-10.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">This is what</span><br /><span class="heb">כֹּ֥ה</span> <span class="translit">(kōh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3541.htm">Strong's 3541: </a> </span><span class="str2">Like this, thus, here, now</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the Lord</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲדֹנָ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·ḏō·nāy)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_136.htm">Strong's 136: </a> </span><span class="str2">The Lord</span><br /><br /><span class="word">GOD</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוִ֑ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">says:</span><br /><span class="heb">אָמַ֖ר</span> <span class="translit">(’ā·mar)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> </span><span class="str2">To utter, say</span><br /><br /><span class="word">‘On that</span><br /><span class="heb">הַה֗וּא</span> <span class="translit">(ha·hū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Pronoun - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1931.htm">Strong's 1931: </a> </span><span class="str2">He, self, the same, this, that, as, are</span><br /><br /><span class="word">day,</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּיּ֣וֹם</span> <span class="translit">(bay·yō·wm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> </span><span class="str2">A day</span><br /><br /><span class="word">thoughts</span><br /><span class="heb">דְבָרִים֙</span> <span class="translit">(ḏə·ḇā·rîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1697.htm">Strong's 1697: </a> </span><span class="str2">A word, a matter, thing, a cause</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will arise</span><br /><span class="heb">יַעֲל֤וּ</span> <span class="translit">(ya·‘ă·lū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5927.htm">Strong's 5927: </a> </span><span class="str2">To ascend, in, actively</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in</span><br /><span class="heb">עַל־</span> <span class="translit">(‘al-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your mind,</span><br /><span class="heb">לְבָבֶ֔ךָ</span> <span class="translit">(lə·ḇā·ḇe·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3824.htm">Strong's 3824: </a> </span><span class="str2">Inner man, mind, will, heart</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and you will devise</span><br /><span class="heb">וְחָשַׁבְתָּ֖</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ḥā·šaḇ·tā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2803.htm">Strong's 2803: </a> </span><span class="str2">To think, account</span><br /><br /><span class="word">an evil</span><br /><span class="heb">רָעָֽה׃</span> <span class="translit">(rā·‘āh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7451.htm">Strong's 7451: </a> </span><span class="str2">Bad, evil</span><br /><br /><span class="word">plan.</span><br /><span class="heb">מַחֲשֶׁ֥בֶת</span> <span class="translit">(ma·ḥă·še·ḇeṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4284.htm">Strong's 4284: </a> </span><span class="str2">A contrivance, a texture, machine, intention, plan</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/ezekiel/38-10.htm">Ezekiel 38:10 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/ezekiel/38-10.htm">Ezekiel 38:10 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/ezekiel/38-10.htm">Ezekiel 38:10 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/38-10.htm">Ezekiel 38:10 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/38-10.htm">Ezekiel 38:10 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/ezekiel/38-10.htm">Ezekiel 38:10 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/ezekiel/38-10.htm">Ezekiel 38:10 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/ezekiel/38-10.htm">Ezekiel 38:10 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/ezekiel/38-10.htm">Ezekiel 38:10 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/ezekiel/38-10.htm">Ezekiel 38:10 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/ezekiel/38-10.htm">OT Prophets: Ezekiel 38:10 Thus says the Lord Yahweh: It shall (Ezek. 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