Ezekiel 7:25

Horror cometh; and they shall seek peace, and there shall be none.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

Destruction cometh; and they shall seek peace, and there shall be none.

In Context

24Wherefore I will bring the worst of the nations, and they shall possess their houses; I will also make the pride of the strong to cease; and their holy places shall be profaned.

26Calamity shall come upon calamity, and rumour shall be upon rumour; and they shall seek a vision of the prophet, and instruction shall perish from the priest, and counsel from the elders.

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Cross References

Isaiah 59:8The way of peace they know not, and there is no right in their goings; they have made them crooked paths, whosoever goeth therein doth not know peace.

Lamentations 4:17As for us, our eyes do yet fail for our vain help; in our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save.

Ezekiel 13:16to wit, the prophets of Israel that prophesy concerning Jerusalem, and that see visions of peace for her, and there is no peace, saith the Lord GOD.

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 7:24-27

The Desolation of Israel. ( b. c. 594.) 23 Make a chain: for the land is full of bloody crimes, and the city is full of violence. 24 Wherefore I will bring the worst of the heathen, and they shall possess their houses: I will also make the pomp of the strong to cease; and their holy places shall be defiled. 25 Destruction cometh; and they shall seek peace, and there shall be none. 26 Mischief shall come upon mischief, and rumour shall be upon rumour; then shall they seek a vision of the prophet; but the law shall… Read the whole commentary →

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