Bible Strands
Ezekiel 38:10
This is what the Lord GOD says: On that day, thoughts will arise in your mind, and you will devise an evil plan.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Yahweh speaks to Gog's invading force on a designated future day, immediately following a description of their military advance and immediately preceding their stated intent to attack defenseless settlements.
The words — כֹּ֥ה (koh) = thus and אָמַ֖ר ('a.Mar) = he says, forming the prophetic formula that introduces the divine declaration, while יַעֲל֤וּ (ya.'a.Lu) = they will come up echoes the advancing armies described in the surrounding context.
The thread — The motif of internal plotting preceding hostile action appears in Psalms 36:4, Micah 2:1, and Psalms 83:3, where adversaries are shown conceiving wickedness before executing it against God's people.
Why it lands — The text establishes that hostile intentions originate internally before manifesting externally, requiring the reader to recognize the sequence of divine warning, human conspiracy, and impending conflict without adding theological speculation.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
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:
Cross-references
- Psalms 36:4 Even on his bed he plots wickedness; he sets himself on a path that is not good; he fails to reject evil.
- Micah 2:1 Woe to those who devise iniquity and plot evil on their beds! At morning’s light they accomplish it because the power is in their hands.
- Psalms 83:3 With cunning they scheme against Your people and conspire against those You cherish,
- Psalms 139:2 You know when I sit and when I rise; You understand my thoughts from afar.
- Proverbs 6:14 With deceit in his heart he devises evil; he continually sows discord.
- Proverbs 6:18 a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that run swiftly to evil,
- Proverbs 12:2 The good man obtains favor from the LORD, but the LORD condemns a man who devises evil.
- Proverbs 19:21 Many plans are in a man’s heart, but the purpose of the LORD will prevail.
- Isaiah 10:7 But this is not his intention; this is not his plan. For it is in his heart to destroy and cut off many nations.
- Mark 7:21 For from within the hearts of men come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery,