Ezequiel 7:26

26 Habrá calamidad tras calamidad;
un rumor seguirá a otro rumor.
En vano buscarán
una visión de los profetas.
No recibirán enseñanza de los sacerdotes
ni consejo de los líderes.

Ezequiel 7:26 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 7:26

Mischief shall come upon mischief
One misfortune or calamity after another; first one unhappy event, and then another, as was Job's case. The Targum is,

``breach upon breach shall come ^F15:''

and rumour shall be upon rumour;
that the Chaldean army is in such a place; and then that it is in another place still nearer; and then that it is but a few miles off, and, will be here immediately: rumours of wars, as well as wars, themselves, are very distressing; see ( Matthew 24:6 ) ; then shall they seek a vision of the prophet;
apply to him for a prophecy, to know the event of things, whether and when they might expect a deliverance: but the law shall perish from the priest;
whose lips should keep knowledge, and from whose mouth the law, the doctrine and interpretation of it, might be expected; but now either there would be no priests at all; or such as were would be ignorant and unlearned, and incapable of instructing the people: and counsel from the ancients;
with whom it usually is; and which is of great service in a time of distress: this therefore adds greatly to the calamity, that there would be no prophet to tell them what should come to pass; no priest to instruct them; nor senator or wise man to give them counsel.

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FOOTNOTES:

F15 So R. Sol. Urhin. Ohel Moed, fol. 96. 1.

Ezequiel 7:26 In-Context

24 Traeré a las naciones más despiadadas
para que se apoderen de sus casas.
Derrumbaré sus orgullosas fortalezas
y haré que se profanen sus santuarios.

25 El terror y el temblor se apoderarán de mi pueblo.
Buscarán paz, pero no la encontrarán.

26 Habrá calamidad tras calamidad;
un rumor seguirá a otro rumor.
En vano buscarán
una visión de los profetas.
No recibirán enseñanza de los sacerdotes
ni consejo de los líderes.

27 El rey y el príncipe quedarán indefensos,
sollozando de desesperación,
y las manos de la gente
temblarán de miedo.
Los haré pasar por la misma maldad
que ellos causaron a otros
y recibirán el castigo
que tanto merecen.
¡Entonces sabrán que yo soy el Señor
!».