Ezekiel 7:25

Fear will come! They will seek peace, but there will be none. 1

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

In Context

24So I will bring the most wicked of the nations, and they will possess their houses, 1 and I will bring an end to the pride of the mighty, for their holy places will be defiled! 1

26Disaster upon disaster will come, and there will be rumor after rumor. 1 Then they will seek a vision from the prophet, but the law will perish from the priest and advice from the elders. 1

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Cross References

Isaiah 59:8The way of peace they do not know, and there is no justice in their paths. 1 They have made crooked paths; whoever travels these paths does not know peace. 1

Lamentations 4:17Our eyes failed, looking in vain for help; 1 from our watchtowers we watched 1 for a nation that could not rescue us. 1

Ezekiel 13:16the prophets of Israel who prophesied about Jerusalem and who had visions of peace for her. But there is no peace!—this is the Lord Yahweh's declaration.”'

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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