Ezekiel 7:26

“Calamity upon calamity will come, and report upon report will be; and they will seek a vision from the prophet, but instruction will perish from the priest, and counsel from the elders.”

Ezekiel 7:26 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Ezekiel 7:26, word by word

Calamityהֹוָהhova

ruin, disaster

Ruin, disaster.

Where else “hova” appears
will comeתָּבוֹאtavo

come

To come, arrive: "days are coming".

Where else “tavo” appears
and reportשְׁמֻעָהshemua

report, news

Report, news: what one hears said.

Where else “shemua” appears
will beתִּהְיֶהtihye

exist

To exist: "let there be light".

Where else “tihye” appears
and they will seekבִקְשׁוּvikshu

seek

To go after someone or something in order to find it.

Where else “vikshu” appears
a visionחָזוֹןchazon

vision

Vision: what God makes a prophet see or understand; by extension, his message.

Where else “chazon” appears
from the prophetנָּבִיאnavi

prophet

Someone who speaks for YHWH.

Where else “navi” appears
but instructionתוֹרָהtora

teaching of YHWH

What YHWH teaches his people so they may live.

Where else “tora” appears
will perishתֹּאבַדtovad

perish

To die, be ruined.

Where else “tovad” appears
from the priestכֹּהֵןkohen

priest

One who serves in the sanctuary and offers for the people.

Where else “kohen” appears
and counselעֵצָהetsa

counsel

What is said to someone to help him decide what to do.

Where else “etsa” appears
from the eldersזְּקֵנִיםzekenim

elder

The senior men who led a city or the people.

Where else “zekenim” appears

The context

25Anguish has come, and they will seek peace, and there will be none.

26 · This verse (above)

27The king will mourn, and the chief will be clothed with desolation, and the hands of the people of the land will be terrified; according to their way I will deal with them, and by their judgments I will judge them; and they will know that I am YHWH.”

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