George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Ezekiel 7:25
Distress. When the enemy is before the city, they will see their error; but it will be too late. They shall not obtain peace, Jeremias xxxviii. 1.
Distress. When the enemy is before the city, they will see their error; but it will be too late. They shall not obtain peace, Jeremias xxxviii. 1.
Verse Ezekiel 7:25. _THEY 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...
Ezekiel 7:1. This chapter closes the first great message of Ezekiel. This great judgment message is written in beautiful language, which, in the Authorized Version, is marred by numerous incorrect ren...
In the dread day of the siege, _when_ ruthless Babylonian hands would profane Yahweh's secret (or rather cherished) place, _i.e._ the Temple, famine would reign, and then not all their silver and gold...
DESTRUCTION: or, Cutting off....
Picture of the dissolution of the state (1) Ezekiel 7:14. The trumpet shall sound the alarm, but none shall prepare himself for the battle. The sword shall devour without and famine consume within. A...
_Destruction cometh_ Or, ANGUISH....
Second Section. Ch. Ezekiel 3:22 to Ezekiel 7:27 The second section of the Book contains these parts: (1) Ch. Ezekiel 3:22-27. A preface in which the prophet is commanded to confine himself to his o...
4. _The political disorder (7:23-27_) TRANSLATION (23) Make the chain; for the land is full of bloodshed, and the city is full of violence. (24) Therefore I have brought the worst of nations, and the...
Destruction cometh; and they shall seek peace, and there shall be none. THEY SHALL SEEK PEACE, AND THERE SHALL BE NONE - ()....
THE DESOLATION OF THE LAND OF ISRAEL This is a final message of doom upon the whole land (Ezekiel 7:2). God's wrath against Israel's sin is relentless, and the judgment is inevitable and close at hand...
EZEKIEL: ‘THEY SHALL KNOW THAT I AM GOD’ THE *SIN OF JUDAH AND THE JUDGEMENT OF GOD EZEKIEL CHAPTER S 1 TO 24 _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 7 THE *DISASTERS WILL HAPPEN SOON – EZEKIEL 7:1-13 v1...
DESTRUCTION COMETH. — This is another of the peculiar words occurring only in this chapter. It is generally explained of the dismay and horror accompanying great judgments, and vividly described by ou...
קְפָ֖דָה ־בָ֑א וּ בִקְשׁ֥וּ שָׁלֹ֖ום וָ אָֽיִ
THE END FORETOLD Ezekiel 4:1 - Ezekiel 7:1 WITH the fourth chapter we enter on the exposition of the first great division of Ezekiel's prophecies. The chaps, 4-24, cover a period of about four and a...
The second denunciation dealt with the completeness of judgment. Its keynote was expressed in the words, "an end." The prophet declared that an end on the land and the people had been determined on, e...
I include the whole under one reading for the sake of shortness. In these verses is contained, the effect which must always follow God's judgment. No rank, no state, no condition of man is exempt. Whe...
He confirms the same doctrine. He says therefore, _destruction is come _He now adds, _there shall be no peace _This confirmation was not in vain. For men always hope they shall obtain some advantage b...
Finally (chap. 7), the whole land of Israel is under the sentence of God, "the four corners of the land." Those who escape the general judgment mourn alone upon the mountains, having forsaken all in d...
DESTRUCTION COMETH,.... Upon the temple, city, nation, and people; the king of Babylon, the destroyer of the Gentiles, and now of the Jews, being on his way, Jeremiah 4:7; AND THEY SHALL SEEK PEACE,...
Destruction cometh; and they shall seek peace, and [there shall be] none. Ver. 25. _Destruction cometh._] Not εξιλασμος ηκει, Mercy shall come, as the Septuagint ill render it, but utter excision, as...
_Destruction cometh_ Such as a provoked power makes when it cuts off all, root and branch. _And they shall seek peace_ By inquiring of the prophets; or rather, by suing to Nebuchadnezzar, whom, after...
THE RUIN ACCOMPLISHED...
Destruction cometh, literally, "contraction," to emphasize the force of the blow to be delivered; AND THEY SHALL SEEK PEACE, making every attempt to find deliverance from the impending calamities, AND...
DESTRUCTION: _ Heb._ cutting off...
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 i...
DESTRUCTION; such as an angry, provoked power makes when it cuts off all root and branch. THEY SHALL SEEK PEACE; either by inquiring of prophets; or rather, suing to Nebuchadnezzar, whom, after so man...
Ezekiel 7:25 Destruction H7089 comes H935 (H8804) seek H1245 (H8765) peace H7965 Destruction - Heb. Cutting off and they -...
“For this reason I will bring the worst of the heathen, and they will possess their houses. And I will also make the pride of the strong to cease, and their holy places will be profaned. Destruction c...
CONTENTS: Miserable end of Judah because of sin. CHARACTERS: God, Ezekiel. CONCLUSION: The ruin of sinners comes slowly but surely, but when it comes, it will be total. In the heaviest judgments God...
Ezekiel 7:2. _An end, the end is come upon the four corners of the land._ The end is come at once on the whole land of Judea and of Israel. The crown is fallen from the heads of David's house: they sh...
_Destruction cometh; and they shall seek peace, and there shall be none._ DESTRUCTION INSTEAD OF PEACE I remember hearing Dr. James Spurgeon, in the course of a sermon preached at the Metropolitan Ta...
5. LAMENTATION OVER THE DESOLATED LAND (Chap. 7) EXEGETICAL NOTES.—In this chapter we have not so much an additional prophecy as a re-statement of principles and denunciations which had been already f...
EXPOSITION EZEKIEL 7:1 The absence of any fresh date, and the fact that it is simply tacked on to the previous chapter by the copulative conjunction, shows that what follows belongs to the same group...
CHAPTER 7. LAMENTATION OVER THE GUILT AND FALL OF ISRAEL. THIS chapter does not contain anything properly new. It simply describes the mournful feelings and reflections which the preceding revelation...
Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Also, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD unto the land of Israel (Ezekiel 7:1-2); Now, the other was to the mountains, now to the land. the...
Isaiah 57:21; Isaiah 59:8; Jeremiah 8:15; Jeremiah 8:16; Lam