10 Thus saith the Lord God, Even at the same time shall many things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think [a]evil thoughts.

11 And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land that hath no walled towers: [b]I will go to them that are at rest and dwell in safety, which dwell all without walls, and have neither bars nor gates,

12 Thinking to spoil the prey, and to take a booty, 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, and dwell in the midst of the land.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 38:10 That is, to molest and destroy the Church.
  2. Ezekiel 38:11 Meaning, Israel, which had now been destroyed, and was not yet built again: declaring hereby the simplicity of the godly, who seek not so much to fortify themselves by outward force, as to depend on the providence and goodness of God.

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