Reference

Ezekiel 38:10

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:
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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.

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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.

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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:

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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,

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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.

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Literal Fulfillment

While the verse describes a thought process, which is an internal event, the subsequent verses in Ezekiel 38 detail concrete, physical actions and events that stem from this "evil thought," thus supporting a literal fulfillment of the prophecy.

Prophetic Methods of Communication

The verse describes God speaking to a prophet about what the prophet will think, but it does not explicitly detail the *method* by which God communicates this information to the prophet. It states "Thus saith the Lord God," which indicates divine speech, but not the specific means of revelation.