Ezekiel 7:26

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 shall come 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 shall be upon rumour - "rumour" of the advance of the foe, and of his cruelty ().

Then shall they seek a vision of the prophet - to find some way of escape from their difficulties (). So Zedekiah consulted Jeremiah (; ).

The law shall perish from the priest - fulfilled (; ; ; ; cf. ). God will thus set aside the idle boast, "The law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet" ().

And counsel from the ancients - the ecclesiastical rulers of the people.