English Standard Version
Ezekiel 7:25
25When anguish comes, they will seek peace, but there shall be none.
Ezekiel 7:25 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Destruction cometh; and they shall seek peace, and there shall be none.
- New International Version (NIV)When terror comes, they will seek peace in vain.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Destruction comes; They will seek peace, but there shall be none.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Terror and trembling will overcome my people. They will look for peace but not find it.
Context of Ezekiel 7:25
23"Forge a chain! For the land is full of bloody crimes and the city is full of violence. 24I will bring the worst of the nations to take possession of their houses. I will put an end to the pride of the strong, and their holy places shall be profaned. When anguish comes, they will seek peace, but there shall be none. 26Disaster comes upon disaster; rumor follows rumor. They seek a vision from the prophet, while the law perishes from the priest and counsel from the elders. 27The king mourns, the prince is wrapped in despair, and the hands of the people of the land are paralyzed by terror. According to their way I will do to them, and according to their judgments I will judge them, and they shall know that I am the Lord."
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קְפָ֖דָה־בָ֑א וּבִקְשׁ֥וּ שָׁל֖וֹם וָאָֽיִן׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Ezekiel 7:25
- Isaiah 57:21There is no peace," says my God, "for the wicked."
- Isaiah 59:8The way of peace they do not know, and there is no justice in their paths; they have made their roads crooked; no one who treads on them knows peace.
- Jeremiah 8:15We looked for peace, but no good came; for a time of healing, but behold, terror.
- Lamentations 4:17Our eyes failed, ever watching vainly for help; in our watching we watched for a nation which could not save.
- Micah 1:12For the inhabitants of Maroth wait anxiously for good, because disaster has come down from the Lord to the gate of Jerusalem.
Commentaries on Ezekiel 7:25
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 25They shall seek peace - They see now that their ceasing to pay the tribute to the king of Babylon has brought the Chaldeans against them; and now they sue for peace in vain. He will not hear: he is resolved on their destruction.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 23-27Verses 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 in trouble, when God comes to judge them according to their deserts. May the Lord enable us to seek that good part which shall not be taken away.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 23-27Religious leaders (prophets and priests) and civil leaders (kings or princes) could not bring the peace the people wanted. Both the rich and the poor would be powerless when facing judgment. Without guidance or direction, the people would have no hope.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2525. peace, and ... none--(1Th 5:3).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Ezekiel 7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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