Ezekiel 7:26

Mishap 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.

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

Mischief shall come upon mischief, and rumour shall be upon rumour; then shall they seek a vision of the prophet; but the law shall perish from the priest, and counsel from the ancients.

In Context

25Destruction cometh: and they will seek peace, but there shall be none.

27The king shall mourn, and the prince shall be clothed with distress, and the hands of the people of the land shall be powerless: after their way will I do unto them, and according to their own manners will I judge them; and they shall know that I am the Lord.

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Cross References

Leviticus 26:18And if with these things even ye will not yet hearken unto me: then will I chastise you yet more, sevenfold for your sins.

Leviticus 26:24Then will I also walk contrary unto you, and I also will punish you, sevenfold for your sins.

Deuteronomy 32:23I will heap upon them miseries; all my arrows will I spend upon them.

Isaiah 47:11And there shall come upon thee an evil, which thou shalt not know how to remove it by prayer; and there shall fall upon thee mischief, which thou shalt not be able to atone for; and there shall come upon thee suddenly desolation, which thou shalt not know.

Jeremiah 18:18And they said, Come, and let us contrive devices against Jeremiah; for the law will not be lost from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not listen to any of his words.

Jeremiah 37:17King Zedekiah sent, and had him taken out, and the king asked him in his house in secret, and said, “Is there any word from the Lord?” And Jeremiah said, “There is:” and he said, Into the hand of the king of Babylon shalt thou be given up.

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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