Ezek.7.26

Ezekiel 7:26

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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.

The Desolation of Israel

The Temple Profaned

Cross References

1 Samuel 3:1

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And the child Samuel ministered unto the Lord before Eli. And the word of the Lord was precious in those days; there was no open vision.

The LORD Calls Samuel

Psalm 74:9

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We see not our signs: there is no more any prophet: neither is there among us any that knoweth how long.

Why Have You Rejected Us Forever?

A Maskil of Asaph.

Isaiah 47:11

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¶ Therefore shall evil come upon thee; thou shalt not know from whence it riseth: and mischief shall fall upon thee; thou shalt not be able to put it off: and desolation shall come upon thee suddenly, which thou shalt not know.

The Humiliation of Babylon

Jeremiah 4:20

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Destruction upon destruction is cried; for the whole land is spoiled: suddenly are my tents spoiled, and my curtains in a moment.

Lamentation for Judah

Jeremiah 18:18

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¶ Then said they, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.

Another Plot against Jeremiah

Jeremiah 21:2

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Enquire, I pray thee, of the Lord for us; for Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon maketh war against us; if so be that the Lord will deal with us according to all his wondrous works, that he may go up from us.

Jerusalem Will Fall to Babylon

Jeremiah 37:17

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Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took him out: and the king asked him secretly in his house, and said, Is there any word from the Lord? And Jeremiah said, There is: for, said he, thou shalt be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon.

Jeremiah Imprisoned

Lamentations 2:9

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Her gates are sunk into the ground; he hath destroyed and broken her bars: her king and her princes are among the Gentiles: the law is no more; her prophets also find no vision from the Lord.

God’s Anger over Jerusalem

Ezekiel 11:2

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Then said he unto me, Son of man, these are the men that devise mischief, and give wicked counsel in this city:

Evil in High Places

Ezekiel 12:22

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Son of man, what is that proverb that ye have in the land of Israel, saying, The days are prolonged, and every vision faileth?

The Presumptuous Proverb

Ezekiel 21:7

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And it shall be, when they say unto thee, Wherefore sighest thou? that thou shalt answer, For the tidings; because it cometh: and every heart shall melt, and all hands shall be feeble, and every spirit shall faint, and all knees shall be weak as water: behold, it cometh, and shall be brought to pass, saith the Lord God.

God’s Sword of Judgment

Parable of the Sword of the LORD

Ezekiel 22:26

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Her priests have violated my law, and have profaned mine holy things: they have put no difference between the holy and profane, neither have they shewed difference between the unclean and the clean, and have hid their eyes from my sabbaths, and I am profaned among them.

Israel’s Wicked Leaders

Amos 8:11

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¶ Behold, the days come, saith the Lord God, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the Lord:

The Basket of Summer Fruit

Micah 3:6

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Therefore night shall be unto you, that ye shall not have a vision; and it shall be dark unto you, that ye shall not divine; and the sun shall go down over the prophets, and the day shall be dark over them.

Rulers and Prophets Condemned

Malachi 2:7

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For the priest’s lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth: for he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts.

A Warning to the Priests

Malachi 2:9

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Therefore have I also made you contemptible and base before all the people, according as ye have not kept my ways, but have been partial in the law.