Ezekiel 7:26 “Disaster upon disaster will come, and rumor after rumor. Then they wil…”

Ezekiel 7:26

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.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

Mischief will come on mischief, and rumor will be on rumor. They will seek a vision of the prophet; but the law will perish from the priest, and counsel from the elders.

American Standard Version

Mischief shall come upon mischief, and rumor shall be upon rumor; and they shall seek a vision of the prophet; but the law shall perish from the priest, and counsel from the elders.

Geneva Bible 1599

Calamitie shall come vpon calamitie, and rumour shall bee vpon rumour: then shall they seeke a vision of the Prophet: but the Lawe shall perish from the Priest, and counsel from the Ancient.

Darby Translation

Mischief shall come upon mischief, and rumour shall be upon rumour; and they shall seek a vision from a prophet; but the law shall perish from the priest, and counsel from the elders.

Young's Literal Translation

Mischief on mischief cometh, and report is on report, And they have sought a vision from a prophet, And law doth perish from the priest, And counsel from the elders,

Bible in Basic English

Destruction will come on destruction, and one story after another; and the vision of the prophet will be shamed, and knowledge of the law will come to an end among the priests, and wisdom among the old.

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Cross references

“Mischief shall”

Jeremiah 4:20 Leviticus 26:18 Leviticus 26:21 Leviticus 26:24 Leviticus 26:28 Deuteronomy 32:23

Jeremiah 4:20 · BSB

Disaster after disaster is proclaimed, for the whole land is laid waste. My tents are destroyed in an instant, my curtains in a moment.

Leviticus 26:18 · BSB

And if after all this you will not obey Me, I will proceed to punish you sevenfold for your sins.

Leviticus 26:21 · BSB

If you walk in hostility toward Me and refuse to obey Me, I will multiply your plagues seven times, according to your sins.

Leviticus 26:24 · BSB

then I will act with hostility toward you, and I will strike you sevenfold for your sins.

Leviticus 26:28 · BSB

then I will walk in fury against you, and I, even I, will punish you sevenfold for your sins.

Deuteronomy 32:23 · BSB

I will heap disasters upon them; I will spend My arrows against them.

“then”

Ezekiel 14:1 Ezekiel 20:1–3 Jeremiah 21:2 Jeremiah 37:17 Ezekiel 33:31 Jeremiah 38:14–28

Ezekiel 14:1 · BSB

Then some of the elders of Israel came and sat down before me.

Ezekiel 20:1–3 · BSB

In the seventh year, on the tenth day of the fifth month, some of the elders of Israel came to inquire of the LORD, and they sat down before me.

Jeremiah 21:2 · BSB

“Please inquire of the LORD on our behalf, since Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon is waging war against us. Perhaps the LORD will perform for us something like all His past wonders, so that Nebuchadnezzar will withdraw fro…

Jeremiah 37:17 · BSB

Later, King Zedekiah sent for Jeremiah and received him in his palace, where he asked him privately, “Is there a word from the LORD?” “There is,” Jeremiah replied. “You will be delivered into the hand of the king of Baby…

Ezekiel 33:31 · BSB

So My people come to you as usual, sit before you, and hear your words; but they do not put them into practice. Although they express love with their mouths, their hearts pursue dishonest gain.

Jeremiah 38:14–28 · BSB

Then King Zedekiah sent for Jeremiah the prophet and received him at the third entrance to the house of the LORD. “I am going to ask you something,” said the king to Jeremiah. “Do not hide anything from me.”

“but”

Psalm 74:9 Micah 3:6 Lamentations 2:9 Amos 8:11 Amos 8:12

Psalm 74:9 · BSB

There are no signs for us to see. There is no longer any prophet. And none of us knows how long this will last.

Micah 3:6 · BSB

Therefore night will come over you without visions, and darkness without divination. The sun will set on these prophets, and the daylight will turn black over them.

Lamentations 2:9 · BSB

Her gates have sunk into the ground; He has destroyed and shattered their bars. Her king and her princes are exiled among the nations, the law is no more, and even her prophets find no vision from the LORD.

Amos 8:11 · BSB

Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord GOD, when I will send a famine on the land— not a famine of bread or a thirst for water, but a famine of hearing the words of the LORD.

Amos 8:12 · BSB

People will stagger from sea to sea and roam from north to east, seeking the word of the LORD, but they will not find it.

“ancients”

Jeremiah 18:18 Ezekiel 8:1 Ezekiel 20:1

Jeremiah 18:18 · BSB

Then some said, “Come, let us make plans against Jeremiah, for the law will never be lost to the priest, nor counsel to the wise, nor an oracle to the prophet. Come, let us denounce him and pay no heed to any of his word…

Ezekiel 8:1 · BSB

In the sixth year, on the fifth day of the sixth month, I was sitting in my house, and the elders of Judah were sitting before me; and there the hand of the Lord GOD fell upon me.

Ezekiel 20:1 · BSB

In the seventh year, on the tenth day of the fifth month, some of the elders of Israel came to inquire of the LORD, and they sat down before me.

Also

Isaiah 47:11

Isaiah 47:11 · BSB

But disaster will come upon you; you will not know how to charm it away. A calamity will befall you that you will be unable to ward off. Devastation will happen to you suddenly and unexpectedly.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

25Anguish is coming! They will seek peace, but find none.

27The 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.’”

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