26. Mischief . . . upon . . . mischief — ( Deuteronomy 32:23 ; Jeremiah 4:20 ). This is said because the Jews were apt to fancy, at every abatement of suffering, that their calamities were about to cease; but God will accumulate woe on woe. rumour —of the advance of the foe, and of his cruelty ( Jeremiah 4:20- : ). seek a vision —to find some way of escape from their difficulties ( Jeremiah 4:20- : ). So Zedekiah consulted Jeremiah ( Jeremiah 37:17 ; Jeremiah 38:14 ). law shall perish —fulfilled ( Ezekiel 20:1 ; Ezekiel 20:3 ; Psalms 74:9 ; Lamentations 2:9 ; compare Amos 8:11 ); God will thus set aside the idle boast, "The law shall not perish from the priest" ( Jeremiah 18:18 ). ancients —the ecclesiastical rulers of the people. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-27" class="com-number"
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