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The Desolation of Israel

Ezekiel 7:25

In 11 translations

BSB
Anguish is coming! They will seek peace, but find none.
KJV
Destruction cometh; and they shall seek peace, and there shall be none.Destruction: Heb. Cutting off
WEB
Destruction comes! They will seek peace, and there will be none.
ASV
Destruction cometh; and they shall seek peace, and there shall be none.
LSV
Destruction has come, || And they have sought peace, and there is none.
YLT
Destruction hath come, And they have sought peace, and there is none.
DBY
Destruction cometh; and they shall seek peace, but there shall be none.
DRC
When distress cometh upon them, they will seek for peace and there shall be none.
GNV
When destruction commeth, they shall seeke peace, and shall not haue it.
JPS
Horror cometh; and they shall seek peace, and there shall be none.
LXXE
And though propitiation shall come, and one shall seek peace, yet there shall be none.

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Original-language editions

WLC
קְפָ֖דָה־בָ֑א וּבִקְשׁ֥וּ שָׁל֖וֹם וָאָֽיִן׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ ἐξιλασμὸς ἥξει, καὶ ζητήσει εἰρήνην, καὶ οὐκ ἔσται.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Isaiah 59:8–12The way of peace they have not known, and there is no justice in their tracks. They have turned them into crooked paths; no one who treads on them will know peace. Therefore justice is far from us, and righteousness…
  • Jeremiah 8:15–16We hoped for peace, but no good has come, for a time of healing, but there was only terror. The snorting of enemy horses is heard from Dan. At the sound of the neighing of mighty steeds, the whole land quakes. They…
  • Lamentations 4:17–18All the while our eyes were failing as we looked in vain for help. We watched from our towers for a nation that could not save us. They stalked our every step, so that we could not walk in our streets. Our end drew…
  • Isaiah 57:21“There is no peace,” says my God, “for the wicked.”
  • Ezekiel 13:10Because they have led My people astray, saying, ‘Peace,’ when there is no peace, and whitewashing any flimsy wall that is built,
  • Ezekiel 13:16those prophets of Israel who prophesied to Jerusalem and saw a vision of peace for her when there was no peace, declares the Lord GOD.’
  • Micah 1:12For the dwellers of Maroth pined for good, but calamity came down from the LORD, even to the gate of Jerusalem.

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