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Verse Ezekiel 7:26. _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 restrain...
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Ezekiel 7:1. This chapter closes the first great message of Ezekiel.
This great judgment message is written in beautiful language, which,
in the Authorized Version, is marred by numerous incorrect ren...
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In the dread day of the siege, _when_ ruthless Babylonian hands would
profane Yahweh's secret (or rather cherished) place, _i.e._ the
Temple, famine would reign, and then not all their silver and gold...
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MISCHIEFS. Calamity. Hebrew. _chavah._
SHALL COME. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 32:23).
RUMOUR. hearing. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct),
App-6, for what is heard.
UPON. aft...
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Second Section. Ch. Ezekiel 3:22 to Ezekiel 7:27
The second section of the Book contains these parts:
(1) Ch. Ezekiel 3:22-27. A preface in which the prophet is commanded
to confine himself to his o...
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Picture of the dissolution of the state
(1) Ezekiel 7:14. The trumpet shall sound the alarm, but none shall
prepare himself for the battle. The sword shall devour without and
famine consume within. A...
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_Mischief … upon mischief_ i.e. calamity upon calamity; and "rumour"
of misfortune upon rumour. Jeremiah 4:20; Isaiah 28:19.
_but the law_ AND the law. It is implied in seeking a vision from the
proph...
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4. _The political disorder (7:23-27_)
TRANSLATION
(23) Make the chain; for the land is full of bloodshed, and the city
is full of violence. (24) Therefore I have brought the worst of
nations, and the...
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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.
MISCHIEF S...
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THE DESOLATION OF THE LAND OF ISRAEL
This is a final message of doom upon the whole land (Ezekiel 7:2).
God's wrath against Israel's sin is relentless, and the judgment is
inevitable and close at hand...
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PROPHETS] were consulted for oracles as to God's will, PRIESTS for
authoritative decisions as to the law, elders or ANCIENTS for general
advice: see Jeremiah 18:18....
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EZEKIEL: ‘THEY SHALL KNOW THAT I AM GOD’
THE *SIN OF JUDAH AND THE JUDGEMENT OF GOD
EZEKIEL CHAPTER S 1 TO 24
_IAN MACKERVOY_
CHAPTER 7
THE *DISASTERS WILL HAPPEN SOON – EZEKIEL 7:1-13
v1...
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THEN SHALL THEY SEEK A VISION. — Comp. Ezekiel 20:1. The three chief
sources of counsel, the prophets, the priests, and the elders, are all
represented as applied to in vain. God had forsaken the peop...
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הֹוָ֤ה עַל ־הֹוָה֙ תָּבֹ֔וא וּ
שְׁמֻעָ֥ה אֶל
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THE END FORETOLD
Ezekiel 4:1 - Ezekiel 7:1
WITH the fourth chapter we enter on the exposition of the first great
division of Ezekiel's prophecies. The chaps, 4-24, cover a period of
about four and a...
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The second denunciation dealt with the completeness of judgment. Its
keynote was expressed in the words, "an end." The prophet declared
that an end on the land and the people had been determined on,
e...
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_Ancients. Priests shall afford no consolation, nor counsellors any
advice. They shall be all confounded. (Calmet) --- During the
captivity a few only were found to give instruction, Malachias ii.
(Wo...
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I include the whole under one reading for the sake of shortness. In
these verses is contained, the effect which must always follow God's
judgment. No rank, no state, no condition of man is exempt. Whe...
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The Prophet here explains more at length the nature of that slaughter
of which he was a herald. And again he deprives the Jews of all ground
for hope, and shows that they should look around on all sid...
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Finally (chap. 7), the whole land of Israel is under the sentence of
God, "the four corners of the land." Those who escape the general
judgment mourn alone upon the mountains, having forsaken all in
d...
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MISCHIEF SHALL COME UPON MISCHIEF,.... One misfortune or calamity
after another; first one unhappy event, and then another, as was Job's
case. The Targum is,
"breach upon breach shall come o:''
AND...
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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.
Ver. 26. _Mi...
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_Destruction cometh_ Such as a provoked power makes when it cuts off
all, root and branch. _And they shall seek peace_ By inquiring of the
prophets; or rather, by suing to Nebuchadnezzar, whom, after...
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Mischief shall come upon mischief, and rumor shall be upon rumor, one
blow following the other; Cf Matthew 24:6. THEN, when it is really too
late, SHALL THEY SEEK A VISION OF THE PROPHET; BUT THE LAW...
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THE RUIN ACCOMPLISHED...
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23-27 Whoever break the bands of God's law, will find themselves bound
and held by the chains of his judgments. Since they encouraged one
another to sin, God would dishearten them. All must needs be i...
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MISCHIEF UPON MISCHIEF; loss upon loss, one sorrow on the neck of
another. RUMOUR UPON RUMOUR; dreadful news one post after another of
the enemies threats, preparations, marches, successes, and cruelt...
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Ezekiel 7:26 Disaster H1943 come H935 (H8799) disaster H1943 rumor
H8052 rumor H8052 seek H1245 (H8765) vision...
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“Mischief will come upon mischief, and rumour will be upon rumour,
and they shall seek a vision of the prophet, and the law will perish
from the priest, and counsel from the elders. The king will mour...
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CONTENTS: Miserable end of Judah because of sin.
CHARACTERS: God, Ezekiel.
CONCLUSION: The ruin of sinners comes slowly but surely, but when it
comes, it will be total. In the heaviest judgments God...
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Ezekiel 7:2. _An end, the end is come upon the four corners of the
land._ The end is come at once on the whole land of Judea and of
Israel. The crown is fallen from the heads of David's house: they
sh...
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_Mischief shall come upon mischief._
A SUCCESSION OF EVILS
1. When a people is under Divine displeasure there is a succession of
evils for them, mischief after mischief; they may not expect a few,
b...
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5. LAMENTATION OVER THE DESOLATED LAND (Chap. 7)
EXEGETICAL NOTES.—In this chapter we have not so much an additional
prophecy as a re-statement of principles and denunciations which had
been already f...
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EXPOSITION
EZEKIEL 7:1
The absence of any fresh date, and the fact that it is simply tacked
on to the previous chapter by the copulative conjunction, shows that
what follows belongs to the same group...
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CHAPTER 7.
LAMENTATION OVER THE GUILT AND FALL OF ISRAEL.
THIS chapter does not contain anything properly new. It simply
describes the mournful feelings and reflections which the preceding
revelation...
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Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Also, thou son of
man, thus saith the Lord GOD unto the land of Israel (Ezekiel 7:1-2);
Now, the other was to the mountains, now to the land.
the...
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Amos 8:11; Amos 8:12; Deuteronomy 32:23; Ezekiel 14:1; Ezekiel 20:1;...
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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....