Ezekiel 38:10

Judgment

⁸ After many days thou shalt be visited: in the latter years thou shalt come into the land that is brought back from the sword, and is gathered out of many people, against the mountains of Israel, which have been always waste: but it is brought forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell safely all of them.

⁹ Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm, thou shalt be like a cloud to cover the land, thou, and all thy bands, and many people with thee.

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:

¹¹ And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates,

¹² 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.

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: This is what the Lord GOD says: On that day, thoughts will arise in your mind, and you will devise an evil plan.
KJV: 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:
WEB: “‘The Lord GOD says: “It will happen in that day that things will come into your mind, and you will devise an evil plan.
ASV: 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:
DARBY: Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: It shall even come to pass in that day that things shall come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought;
BLB: Thus says the Lord YHWH: And it will come to pass on that day, [that] will come up thoughts upon your heart, and you will devise an evil plan.

ÅB: Så sier Herren, Israels Gud: På den dag skal tanker stige opp i ditt hjerte, og du skal tenke ut et ondt råd
OTB: ‘Så sier Herren Gud: På den dagen skal tanker stige opp i ditt hjerte, og du skal tenke ut en ond plan.
B1930: Så sier Herren, Israels Gud: På den dag skal tanker stige op i ditt hjerte, og du skal tenke ut et ondt råd

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Psalms 36:4
He deviseth mischief upon his bed; he setteth himself in a way that is not good; he abhorreth not evil.
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Micah 2:1
Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.
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Proverbs 19:21
There are many devices in a man’s heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand.
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Psalms 83:3–4
They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden ones.
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Acts 8:22
Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray God, if perhaps the thought of thine heart may be forgiven thee.
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Acts 5:3
But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land?
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Proverbs 6:14
Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord.
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1 Corinthians 4:5
Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God.
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