Calamityהֹוָהuponעַלcalamityהֹוָהwill come,תָּבוֹאand reportוּשְׁמֻעָהuponאֶלreportשְׁמוּעָהwill be;תִּהְיֶהand they will seekוּבִקְשׁוּa visionחָזוֹןfrom the prophet,מִנָּבִיאbut instructionוְתוֹרָהwill perishתֹּאבַדfrom the priest,מִכֹּהֵןand counselוְעֵצָהfrom the elders.מִזְּקֵנִים
Ezekiel 7:26
Study it in the app“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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
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.”