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Selected Verse: Ezekiel 7:26 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Eze 7:26 |
Strong Concordance |
Mischief [01943] shall come [0935] upon mischief [01943], and rumour [08052] shall be upon rumour [08052]; then shall they seek [01245] a vision [02377] of the prophet [05030]; but the law [08451] shall perish [06] from the priest [03548], and counsel [06098] from the ancients [02205]. |
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King James |
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. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
Mischief . . . upon . . . mischief-- (Deu 32:23; Jer 4:20). This is said because the Jews were apt to fancy, at every abatement of suffering, that their calamities were about to cease; but God will accumulate woe on woe.
rumour--of the advance of the foe, and of his cruelty (Mat 24:6).
seek a vision--to find some way of escape from their difficulties (Isa 26:9). So Zedekiah consulted Jeremiah (Jer 37:17; Jer 38:14).
law shall perish--fulfilled (Eze 20:1, Eze 20:3; Psa 74:9; Lam 2:9; compare Amo 8:11); God will thus set aside the idle boast, "The law shall not perish from the priest" (Jer 18:18).
ancients--the ecclesiastical rulers of the people. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Seek - But in vain. The priest - He shall have no words either of counsel or comfort to say to them. Ancients - Nor shall their senators know what to advise. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Then shall they seek a vision - Vision shall perish from the prophet, the law from the priest, and counsel from the ancients. Previously to great national judgments, God restrains the influences of his Spirit. His word is not accompanied with the usual unction; and the wise men of the land, the senators and celebrated statesmen, devise foolish schemes; and thus, in endeavoring to avert it, they hasten on the national ruin. How true is the saying, Quem Deus vult perdere, prius dementat. "Those whom God designs to destroy, he first infatuates." |
18 Then said [0559] they, Come [03212], and let us devise [02803] devices [04284] against Jeremiah [03414]; for the law [08451] shall not perish [06] from the priest [03548], nor counsel [06098] from the wise [02450], nor the word [01697] from the prophet [05030]. Come [03212], and let us smite [05221] him with the tongue [03956], and let us not give heed [07181] to any of his words [01697].
11 Behold, the days [03117] come [0935], saith [05002] the Lord [0136] GOD [03069], that I will send [07971] a famine [07458] in the land [0776], not a famine [07458] of bread [03899], nor a thirst [06772] for water [04325], but of hearing [08085] the words [01697] of the LORD [03068]:
9 Her gates [08179] are sunk [02883] into the ground [0776]; he hath destroyed [06] and broken [07665] her bars [01280]: her king [04428] and her princes [08269] are among the Gentiles [01471]: the law [08451] is no more; her prophets [05030] also find [04672] no vision [02377] from the LORD [03068].
9 We see [07200] not our signs [0226]: there is no more any prophet [05030]: neither is there among us any that knoweth [03045] how long [05704].
3 Son [01121] of man [0120], speak [01696] unto the elders [02205] of Israel [03478], and say [0559] unto them, Thus saith [0559] the Lord [0136] GOD [03069]; Are ye come [0935] to enquire [01875] of me? As I live [02416], saith [05002] the Lord [0136] GOD [03069], I will not be enquired [01875] of by you.
1 And it came to pass in the seventh [07637] year [08141], in the fifth [02549] month, the tenth [06218] day of the month [02320], that certain [0582] of the elders [02205] of Israel [03478] came [0935] to enquire [01875] of the LORD [03068], and sat [03427] before [06440] me.
14 Then Zedekiah [06667] the king [04428] sent [07971], and took [03947] Jeremiah [03414] the prophet [05030] unto him into the third [07992] entry [03996] that is in the house [01004] of the LORD [03068]: and the king [04428] said [0559] unto Jeremiah [03414], I will ask [07592] thee a thing [01697]; hide [03582] nothing from me.
17 Then Zedekiah [06667] the king [04428] sent [07971], and took him out [03947]: and the king [04428] asked [07592] him secretly [05643] in his house [01004], and said [0559], Is there any word [01697] from the LORD [03068]? And Jeremiah [03414] said [0559], There is [03426]: for, said [0559] he, thou shalt be delivered [05414] into the hand [03027] of the king [04428] of Babylon [0894].
9 With my soul [05315] have I desired [0183] thee in the night [03915]; yea, with my spirit [07307] within [07130] me will I seek thee early [07836]: for when thy judgments [04941] are in the earth [0776], the inhabitants [03427] of the world [08398] will learn [03925] righteousness [06664].
6 And [1161] ye shall [3195] hear [191] of wars [4171] and [2532] rumours [189] of wars [4171]: see [3708] that ye be [2360] not [3361] troubled [2360]: for [1063] all [3956] these things must [1163] come to pass [1096], but [235] the end [5056] is [2076] not yet [3768].
20 Destruction [07667] upon destruction [07667] is cried [07121]; for the whole land [0776] is spoiled [07703]: suddenly [06597] are my tents [0168] spoiled [07703], and my curtains [03407] in a moment [07281].
23 I will heap [05595] mischiefs [07451] upon them; I will spend [03615] mine arrows [02671] upon them.