The Meaning of Ezekiel 7:25 Explained

Ezekiel 7:25

KJV: Destruction cometh; and they shall seek peace, and there shall be none.

YLT: Destruction hath come, And they have sought peace, and there is none.

Darby: Destruction cometh; and they shall seek peace, but there shall be none.

ASV: Destruction cometh; and they shall seek peace, and there shall be none.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Destruction  cometh;  and they shall seek  peace,  and [there shall be] none. 

What does Ezekiel 7:25 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Ezekiel 7

1  The final desolation of Israel
16  The mournful repentance from that escape
20  The enemies defile the sanctuary because of the Israelites' abominations
23  Under the type of a chain is shown the miserable captivity of all orders of men

What do the individual words in Ezekiel 7:25 mean?

Destruction comes and they will seek peace but [there shall be] none
קְפָ֖דָה־ בָ֑א וּבִקְשׁ֥וּ שָׁל֖וֹם וָאָֽיִן

קְפָ֖דָה־  Destruction 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: קְפָדָה  
Sense: shuddering, anguish.
בָ֑א  comes 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: בֹּוא 
Sense: to go in, enter, come, go, come in.
וּבִקְשׁ֥וּ  and  they  will  seek 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Piel, Conjunctive perfect, third person common plural
Root: בָּקַשׁ  
Sense: to seek, require, desire, exact, request.
שָׁל֖וֹם  peace 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: שָׁלֹום  
Sense: completeness, soundness, welfare, peace.
וָאָֽיִן  but  [there  shall  be]  none 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Adverb
Root: אַיִן 
Sense: nothing, not, nought n.