Lexicon :: Strong's G3053 - logismos

The LORD frustrates the counsel of the nations;

he thwarts the plans of the peoples.

a heart that plots wicked schemes,

feet eager to run to evil,

The thoughts of the righteous are just,

but guidance from the wicked is deceitful.

Plans fail when there is no counsel,

but with many advisers they succeed.

The LORD detests the plans of the one who is evil,

but pleasant words are pure.

Many plans are in a person’s heart,

but the LORD’s decree will prevail.

“Look,” says the Teacher, “I have discovered this by adding one thing to another to find out the explanation,

“Only see this: I have discovered that God made people upright, but they pursued many schemes.”

Whatever your hands find to do, do with all your strength, because there is no work, planning, knowledge, or wisdom in Sheol where you are going.

“Knowing[fn] their works and their thoughts, I have come to gather all nations and languages; they will come and see my glory.

for I was like a docile[fn] lamb led to slaughter.

I didn’t know that they had devised plots against me:

“Let’s destroy the tree with its fruit;[fn]

let’s cut him off from the land of the living

so that his name will no longer be remembered.”

“So now, say to the men of Judah and to the residents of Jerusalem, ‘This is what the LORD says: Look, I am about to bring harm to you and make plans against you. Turn now, each from your evil way, and correct your ways and your deeds.’

Then certain ones said, “Come, let’s make plans against Jeremiah, for instruction will never be lost from the priest, or counsel from the wise, or a word from the prophet. Come, let’s denounce him[fn] and pay no attention to all his words.”

“For I know the plans I have for you” ​— ​this is the LORD’s declaration ​— ​“plans for your well-being, not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.

Therefore, hear the plans that the LORD has drawn up against Edom and the strategies he has devised against the people of Teman: The flock’s little lambs will certainly be dragged away, and their grazing land will be made desolate because of them.

Run! Escape quickly! Lie low,

residents of Hazor —

this is the LORD’s declaration —

for King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon

has drawn up a plan against you;

he has devised a strategy against you.

Therefore, hear the plans that the LORD has drawn up against Babylon and the strategies he has devised against the land of the Chaldeans: Certainly the flock’s little lambs will be dragged away; certainly the grazing land will be made desolate because of them.

The earth quakes and trembles

because the LORD’s intentions against Babylon stand:

to make the land of Babylon a desolation, without inhabitant.

“ ‘This is what the Lord GOD says: On that day, thoughts will arise in your mind, and you will devise an evil plan.

“During a time of peace,[fn] he will come into the richest parts of the province and do what his fathers and predecessors never did. He will lavish plunder, loot, and wealth on his followers, and he will make plans against fortified cities, but only for a time.

But they do not know the LORD’s intentions

or understand his plan,

that he has gathered them

like sheaves to the threshing floor.

One has gone out from you,[fn]

who plots evil against the LORD,

and is a wicked counselor.