Ezekiel 7:25
And though propitiation shall come, and one shall seek peace, yet there shall be none.
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
Destruction cometh; and they shall seek peace, and there shall be none.
In Context
24And I will turn back the boasting of their strength; and their holy things shall be defiled.
Cross References
Isaiah 59:8and the way of peace they know not, neither is there judgment in their ways; for their paths by which they go are crooked, and they know not peace.
Lamentations 4:17While we yet lived our eyes failed, 1 While we looked in vain for our help. 1 We looked to a nation that could not save. 1
Ezekiel 13:16even the prophets of Israel, who prophesy concerning Jerusalem, and who see visions of peace for her, and there is no peace, saith the Lord.
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 →