Ezekiel 7:25
23 Forge the chain, for the land is full of crimes of bloodshed, and the city is full of violence.
24 So I will bring the most wicked of nations to take possession of their houses. I will end the pride of the mighty, and their holy places will be profaned.
Anguish is coming! They will seek peace, but find none.
26 Disaster upon disaster will come, and rumor after rumor. Then they will seek a vision from a prophet, but instruction from the priests will perish, as will counsel from the elders.
27 The king will mourn, the prince will be clothed with despair, and the hands of the people of the land will tremble. I will deal with them according to their conduct, and I will judge them by their own standards. Then they will know that I am the LORD.’”
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Anguish is coming! They will seek peace, but find none.
- KJV
- Destruction cometh; and they shall seek peace, and there shall be none.
- WEB
- Destruction comes! They will seek peace, and there will be none.
- ASV
- Destruction cometh; and they shall seek peace, and there shall be none.
- DARBY
- Destruction cometh; and they shall seek peace, but there shall be none.
- BLB
- Anguish comes, and they will seek peace and [there is] none.
- ÅB
- Det skal komme redsel, og de skal søke frelse, men der er ingen.
- OTB
- Når frykt kommer, vil de søke fred, men den vil ikke bli funnet.
- B1930
- Det skal komme redsel, og de skal søke frelse, men der er ingen.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Isaiah 59:8–12
The way of peace they have not known, and there is no justice in their tracks. They have turned them into crooked paths; no one who treads on them will know peace.
Read in contextJeremiah 8:15–16
We hoped for peace, but no good has come, for a time of healing, but there was only terror.
Read in contextLamentations 4:17–18
All the while our eyes were failing as we looked in vain for help. We watched from our towers for a nation that could not save us.
Read in contextIsaiah 57:21
“There is no peace,” says my God, “for the wicked.”
Read in contextEzekiel 13:10
Because they have led My people astray, saying, ‘Peace,’ when there is no peace, and whitewashing any flimsy wall that is built,
Read in contextMicah 1:12
For the dwellers of Maroth pined for good, but calamity came down from the LORD, even to the gate of Jerusalem.
Read in contextEzekiel 13:16
those prophets of Israel who prophesied to Jerusalem and saw a vision of peace for her when there was no peace, declares the Lord GOD.’
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