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:
Parallel translations
- WEB Thus says the Lord Yahweh: It shall happen in that day, that things shall come into your mind, and you shall devise an evil device:
- BSB This is what the Lord GOD says: On that day, thoughts will arise in your mind, and you will devise an evil plan.
- NKJV ‘Thus says the Lord God: “On that day it shall come to pass that thoughts will arise in your mind, and you will make an evil plan:
- NASB ‘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,
- NLT “This is what the Sovereign Lord says: At that time evil thoughts will come to your mind, and you will devise a wicked scheme.
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Quick answer
God foretells that evil schemes will arise in Gog's mind. The enemy's wicked plan originates in his own heart.
Overview
God reveals that Gog will devise an evil plot against the peaceful land. The enemy is morally responsible for his greed and malice, even as God sovereignly oversees events. This holds together human accountability and divine sovereignty, a tension Scripture maintains and which finds its deepest expression at the cross.
Cross-references & the web
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- Ps 36:4He deviseth mischief upon his bed; he setteth himself in a way that is not good; he abhorreth not evil.
- Mic 2:1Woe 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.
- Prov 6:14Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord.
- Prov 12:2A good man obtaineth favour of the LORD: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn.
- Isa 10:7Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy and cut off nations not a few.
- Mark 7:21For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,
- Acts 5:9Then Peter said unto her, How is it that ye have agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? behold, the feet of them which have buried thy husband are at the door, and shall carry thee out.
- Acts 5:3But 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?
- Acts 8:22Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray God, if perhaps the thought of thine heart may be forgiven thee.
- 1 Cor 4:5Therefore 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.
- Ps 139:2Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.
- Ps 83:3–4They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden ones.
- Prov 6:18An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,
- John 13:2And supper being ended, the devil having now put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, to betray him;
- Prov 19:21There are many devices in a man’s heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand.
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