Eze 7:26 | JFB | STEP | 26. Mischief ... upon ... mischief-- ( ; ). 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 ( ). seek a vision-- to find some way of escape from their difficulties ( ). So Zedekiah consulted Jeremiah ( ; ). law shall perish-- fulfilled ( , ; ; ; compare ); God will thus set aside the idle boast, "The law shall not perish from the priest" ( ). ancients-- the ecclesiastical rulers of the people.

‏ Ezekiel 7:26

26. Mischief ... upon ... mischief--(De 32:23; Jr 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 (Mt 24:6).

seek a vision--to find some way of escape from their difficulties (Is 26:9). So Zedekiah consulted Jeremiah (Jr 37:17; 38:14).

law shall perish--fulfilled (Eze 20:1, 3; Psa 74:9; La 2:9; compare Am 8:11); God will thus set aside the idle boast, "The law shall not perish from the priest" (Jr 18:18).

ancients--the ecclesiastical rulers of the people.