Ezekiel 7:25

Destruction, hath entered,- And they shall seek welfare and there be none.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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

In Context

24So then I will bring in the wicked ones of the nations, And they shall take possession of their houses,—And I will cause to cease the pomp of the strong ones, And their holy places shall be profaned.

26Disaster upon disaster, shall come, And report after report shall arise, Therefore shall they seek a vision from prophet, And law shall perish from priest. And counsel from elders.

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Cross References

Isaiah 59:8the way of well-being, have they not known, And there is no justice in their tracks,—Their paths, have they made crooked for themselves, None who treadeth therein knoweth well—being.

Lamentations 4:17Silly shall our eyes fail, for our help that is vain: In our watchtower, have we watched—for a nation that will not save.

Ezekiel 13:16to wit the prophets of Israel who are prophesying unto Jerusalem, and are seeing, on her behalf, visions of prosperity,— when there is no prosperity, Declareth My Lord Yahweh.

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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