Eze 7:26, Mic 3:7 | JFB | STEP | 26. Mischief . . . upon . . . mischief — ( ). 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 ( ). seek a vision —to find some way of escape from their difficulties ( ). So Zedekiah consulted Jeremiah ( ). law shall perish —fulfilled ( ; compare ); God will thus set aside the idle boast, "The law shall not perish from the priest" ( ). ancients

Ezekiel 7:26

26. Mischief . . . upon . . . mischief— (De 32:23; Jer 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 (Mt 24:6).

seek a vision—to find some way of escape from their difficulties (Isa 26:9). So Zedekiah consulted Jeremiah (Jer 37:17; 38:14).

law shall perish—fulfilled (Eze 20:1, 3; Ps 74:9; La 2:9; compare Am 8:11); God will thus set aside the idle boast, "The law shall not perish from the priest" (Jer 18:18).

ancients—the ecclesiastical rulers of the people.

Micah 3:7

7. cover their lips—The Orientals prided themselves on the moustache and beard ("upper lip," Margin). To cover it, therefore, was a token of shame and sorrow (Le 13:45; Eze 24:17, 22). "They shall be so ashamed of themselves as not to dare to open their mouths or boast of the name of prophet" [CALVIN].

there is no answer of God—They shall no more profess to have responses from God, being struck dumb with calamities (Mic 3:6).