Ezekiel 7:27

27 The king holds his head in despair; the prince is devastated. The common people are paralyzed. Gripped by fear, they can't move. I'll deal with them where they are, judge them on their terms. They'll know that I am God.'"

Ezekiel 7:27 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 7:27

The king shall mourn, and the prince shall be clothed with
desolation
Meaning one and the same person, Zedekiah not being able to save himself and his people; and who falling into the hands of the king of Babylon, his children were slain before him; then his own eyes put out, and he bound in chains, and carried captive to Babylon, ( Jeremiah 39:6 Jeremiah 39:7 ) ; and the hands of the people of the land shall be troubled;
weakened through fear and distress; incapable of business, and unable to help themselves and others; and the more so, when they found their case desperate; which was manifest by the mourning and desolation of their king, in whom their confidence had been placed: I will do unto them after their way;
or, "for their way" ^F16; because of their evil ways and works: and according to their deserts will I judge them;
take vengeance on them, as the Targum: or, "in their judgments will I judge them" ^F17; the same measure they have meted out to others shall be measured out to them, ( Matthew 7:1 ) : and they shall know that I [am] the Lord;
the only Lord God, omnipotent, omniscient, omnipresent, true and faithful, holy, just, and good.

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FOOTNOTES:

F16 (Mkrdm) "pro viis ipsorum", Calvin; "pro via ipsorum", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Polanus,
F17 (Mjpva Mhyjpvmbw) "et in", sive "pro judiciis eorum judicabo eos", Calvin, Polanus, Cocceius.

Ezekiel 7:27 In-Context

25 Catastrophe descends. They look for peace, but there's no peace to be found -

26 Disaster on the heels of disaster, one rumor after another. They clamor for the prophet to tell them what's up, but nobody knows anything. Priests don't have a clue; the elders don't know what to say.

27 The king holds his head in despair; the prince is devastated. The common people are paralyzed. Gripped by fear, they can't move. I'll deal with them where they are, judge them on their terms. They'll know that I am God.'"