יחזקאל, פרק ז׳, פסוק כ״ה

A moment of crisis reaches its peak as long-held illusions of safety shatter against an inescapable reality of destruction. People desperately look for a way out, only to find themselves completely trapped. The primary approach among commentators is that this impending disaster brings an absolute severing of life and hope, much like a weaver abruptly cutting a thread [רש״י, רד״ק, מצודות, שטיינזלץ]. Alternatively, this devastation can be understood not as a sudden cut, but as a heavy binding. Rather than arriving one by one with moments of relief in between, the troubles will be linked together in an endless, rapid sequence of disasters, with one tragedy striking immediately on top of another without any pause [מלבי״ם].

Whether facing a sudden severing of hope or an unbroken chain of suffering, the people will frantically search for peace and rescue, only to find that it simply does not exist [מצודת ציון]. This desperate search is not merely a general desire for quiet. Rather, it is a tragic hunt for the false peace that fake prophets had repeatedly promised them in the past. When the moment of truth finally arrives, the people will realize those promises were entirely empty, leaving them with absolutely nothing [רד״ק].