Ezekiel 7:27
in Ezekiel 7The king will mourn, the prince will be clothed with despair, and the hands of the people of the land will tremble. I will deal with them according to their conduct, and I will judge them by their own standards. Then they will know that I am the LORD.’”
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
The king shall mourn, and the prince shall be clothed with desolation, and the hands of the people of the land shall be troubled: I will do unto them after their way, and according to their deserts will I judge them; and they shall know that I am Jehovah.
KJV
The king shall mourn, and the prince shall be clothed with desolation, and the hands of the people of the land shall be troubled: I will do unto them after their way, and according to their deserts will I judge them; and they shall know that I am the Lord.
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This verse in Ezekiel 7
Commentary
3 notes on this verse(Verse 27) The king will mourn, and the prince will be clothed in sorrow, or, according to the Septuagint, in death: those who desired something, what we have expressed in the Hebrew language, the king will mourn, they have completely remained silent about it. However, the Holy Scripture commemorates that Zedekiah mourned, and all the princes of the people of Judah were consumed with sorrow.
This site's exposition
they shall seek peace, and there shall be none
on Ezekiel 7:25-27
The chapter closes on institutional collapse rather than only personal terror: they shall seek a vision of the prophet, but the law shall perish from the priest, and counsel from the ancients, the three ordinary channels of guidance, prophetic word, priestly instruction, and elders' counsel, all failing at once. King and prince are named in their own grief, and the closing line returns the recognition formula a second time in the chapter, they shall know that I am the Lord, so that the oracle's final word, like its first, is God's own self-disclosure rather than Jerusalem's ruin as an end in itself. Gill reads the silence of prophet, priest and elder together as the sign that judgment has moved past the point where ordinary means of grace still function.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
None of the men of might shall find their hands. What can men contrive or do for themselves when God has departed from them and appears against them? All must needs be in tears, all in trouble, when God comes to judge them according to their deserts, and so make then know, to their cost, that he is the Lord, the God to whom vengeance belongs.
The words behind it
18 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ | hamelekh | the king | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| יִתְאַבָּ֗ל | yitabal | he will mourn | H56 → | 39 times |
| וְנָשִׂיא֙ | venasi' | and [the] prince | H5387 → | 134 times |
| יִלְבַּ֣שׁ | yilbash | he will wear | H3847 → | 110 times |
| שְׁמָמָ֔ה | shemamah | desolation | H8077 → | 57 times |
| וִידֵ֥י | videi | and [the] hands of | H3027 → | 1618 times |
| עַם־ | ʾam- | [the] people of | H5971 → | 1873 times |
| הָאָ֖רֶץ | haaretz | the land | H776 → | 2504 times |
| תִּבָּהַ֑לְנָה | tibahalnah | they will be terrified | H926 → | |
| מִדַּרְכָּ֞ם | midarkam | from way their | H1870 → | 707 times |
| אֶעֱשֶׂ֤ה | ʾeeseh | I will deal with | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| אוֹתָם֙ | ʾotam | <obj.> them | H853 → | 10935 times |
| וּבְמִשְׁפְּטֵיהֶ֣ם | uvemishpeteihem | and by judgments their | H4941 → | 422 times |
| אֶשְׁפְּטֵ֔ם | ʾeshpetem | I will judge them | H8199 → | 202 times |
| וְיָדְע֖וּ | veyadeu | and they will know | H3045 → | 945 times |
| כִּֽי־ | ki- | that | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| אֲנִ֥י | ʾani | I | H589 → | 874 times |
| יְהוָֽה׃ פ | yahweh | [am] Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
הַמֶּ֣לֶךְthe king
hamelekhH4428 →2525 times
יִתְאַבָּ֗לhe will mourn
yitabalH56 →39 times
וְנָשִׂיא֙and [the] prince
venasi'H5387 →134 times
יִלְבַּ֣שׁhe will wear
yilbashH3847 →110 times
שְׁמָמָ֔הdesolation
shemamahH8077 →57 times
וִידֵ֥יand [the] hands of
videiH3027 →1618 times
עַם־[the] people of
ʾam-H5971 →1873 times
הָאָ֖רֶץthe land
haaretzH776 →2504 times
תִּבָּהַ֑לְנָהthey will be terrified
tibahalnahH926 →
מִדַּרְכָּ֞םfrom way their
midarkamH1870 →707 times
אֶעֱשֶׂ֤הI will deal with
ʾeesehH6213 →2628 times
אוֹתָם֙<obj.> them
ʾotamH853 →10935 times
וּבְמִשְׁפְּטֵיהֶ֣םand by judgments their
uvemishpeteihemH4941 →422 times
אֶשְׁפְּטֵ֔םI will judge them
ʾeshpetemH8199 →202 times
וְיָדְע֖וּand they will know
veyadeuH3045 →945 times
כִּֽי־that
ki-H3588 →4482 times
אֲנִ֥יI
ʾaniH589 →874 times
יְהוָֽה׃ פ[am] Yahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Ezekiel 18:30Therefore, O house of Israel, I will judge you, each according to his ways, declares the Lord GOD. Repent and turn from all your transgressions, so that your iniquity will not become your downfall.
it leads to
- Matthew 16:27
For the Son of Man will come in His Father’s glory with His angels, and then He will repay each one according to what he has done.
- Ezekiel 18:21
But if the wicked man turns from all the sins he has committed, keeps all My statutes, and does what is just and right, he will surely live; he will not die.
- Matthew 3:2
and saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near.”
- Luke 13:3
No, I tell you. But unless you repent, you too will all perish.
- Ezekiel 14:6
Therefore tell the house of Israel that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Repent and turn away from your idols; turn your faces away from all your abominations.
- Matthew 16:27
Through
Ezekiel 26:16All the princes of the sea will descend from their thrones, remove their robes, and strip off their embroidered garments. Clothed with terror, they will sit on the ground, trembling every moment, appalled over…
it leads to
- Ezekiel 32:10
I will cause many peoples to be appalled over you, and their kings will shudder in horror because of you when I brandish My sword before them. On the day of your downfall each…
- Job 8:22
Your enemies will be clothed in shame, and the tent of the wicked will be no more.”
- Hosea 11:10
They will walk after the LORD; He will roar like a lion. When He roars, His children will come trembling from the west.
- Ezekiel 32:10
About Ezekiel
This page draws on Carl Friedrich Keil, Biblical Commentary on the Prophecies of Ezekiel; Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.