Mischief shall come upon mischief, and rumour shall be upon rumour; then shall they seek a vision of the prophet; but the law shall perish from the priest, and counsel from the ancients.
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Gill's Exposition
The king shall mourn, and the prince shall be clothed with desolation,.... Meaning one and the same person, Zedekiah not being able to save himself and his people; and who falling into the hands of…
Adam Clarke
Then shall they seek a vision - Vision shall perish from the prophet, the law from the priest, and counsel from the ancients. Previously to great national judgments, God restrains the influences of…
Here is, I. The prisoner arraigned: Make a chain, in which to drag the criminal to the bar, and set him before the tribunal of divine justice; let him stand in fetters (as a notorious malefactor),…
Cambridge Bible
Mischief … upon mischief i.e. calamity upon calamity; and "rumour" of misfortune upon rumour. Jer 4:20; Isa 28:19.
but the law and the law. It is implied in seeking a vision from the prophet that no…
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