Ezekiel 7:26 - Exposition

Mischief … turnout. The combination reminds us of the "wars and rumours of wars" of Matthew 24:6 . The floating uncertain reports of a time of invasion aggravate the actual misery (comp. Isaiah 37:7 ; Jeremiah 51:46 ; Obadiah 1:1 ). They shall seek a vision of the prophet, etc. The words paint a picture of political chaos and confusion. The people turn in their distress to the three representativtes of wisdom—the prophet as the bearer of an immediate message from Jehovah, the priest as the interpreter of his Law ( Malachi 2:7 ), the "ancients" or "elders" as those who had learnt the lessons of experience,—and all alike in vain. (For illustrative facts, see Jeremiah 5:31 ; Jeremiah 6:13 ; Jeremiah 21:2 ; Jeremiah 23:21-40 ; Jeremiah 27:9-18 ; Jeremiah 28:1-9 , and generally Micah 3:6 ; Amos 8:11 ; 1 Samuel 28:6 ; Lamentations 2:9 .)