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Ezekiel 7:27
The 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.’”
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — God speaks through Ezekiel to the house of Israel during the unfolding judgment sequence. The pronouncement follows the collapse of spiritual leadership and the arrival of successive disasters described in Ezekiel 7:26.
The words — The text records יִתְאַבָּל (yit.'a.Bal) as “he will mourn” and שְׁמָמָה (she.ma.Mah) as “desolation,” describing the prince being clothed in ruin. These terms mark the physical and emotional collapse of Israel’s leadership under divine judgment.
The thread — The theme of divine judgment according to personal conduct recurs in Ezekiel 7:4 and Ezekiel 18:30, where God declares He will judge each according to their ways. The motif of leaders facing ruin and God’s sovereignty in national affairs also echoes in 1 Kings 20:28.
Why it lands — The text states that God will judge the people by their own standards so they will recognize His authority. Readers must acknowledge that divine judgment operates on observable conduct rather than status or tradition.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
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.
Cross-references
- Ezekiel 7:4 I will not look on you with pity, nor will I spare you, but I will punish you for your ways and for the abominations among you. Then you will know that I am the LORD.’
- Ezekiel 18:30 Therefore, 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.
- 1 Kings 20:28 Then the man of God approached the king of Israel and said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Because the Arameans have said that the LORD is a god of the hills and not of the valleys, I will deliver all this great army into your hand. Then you will know that I am the LORD.’”
- Psalms 9:16 The LORD is known by the justice He brings; the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands. Higgaion Selah
- Isaiah 3:11 Woe to the wicked; disaster is upon them! For they will be repaid with what their hands have done.
- Jeremiah 52:8 but the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho, and his whole army deserted him.
- Ezekiel 12:10 Tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘This burden concerns the prince in Jerusalem and all the house of Israel who are there.’
- Ezekiel 17:15 But this king rebelled against Babylon by sending his envoys to Egypt to ask for horses and a large army. Will he flourish? Will the one who does such things escape? Can he break a covenant and yet escape?’
- Ezekiel 21:25 And you, O profane and wicked prince of Israel, the day has come for your final punishment.’
- Ezekiel 26:16 All 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 you.