Ezekiel 7:25

Destruction cometh: and they will seek peace, but there shall be none.

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

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

In Context

24Therefore will I bring the worst of nations, and they shall take possession of their houses: I will also cause the pride of the mighty to cease; and their holy places shall be polluted.

26Mishap shall come upon mishap, and report shall be spread upon report: and then will they seek a vision from the prophet; but the law shall be lost from the priest, and counsel from the ancients.

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Cross References

Isaiah 59:8The way of peace they know not; and there is no justice on their tracks: their paths they have made unto themselves crooked; whosoever walketh therein knoweth not peace.

Lamentations 4:17Even now our eyes anxiously wait for our valueless help: in our waiting have we waited for a nation that cannot help.

Ezekiel 13:16[Namely,] the prophets of Israel who prophesy concerning Jerusalem, and who see for her a vision of peace, when there is no peace, saith the Lord Eternal.

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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