Ezekiel 21 · Verse 27

Ezekiel 21:27

I will overturn, overturn, overturn, it: and it shall be no more, until he come whose right it is; and I will give it him.
Ezekiel 21:27, King James Version

Ezekiel 21:27 in other translations

BSBA ruin, a ruin, I will make it a ruin! And it will not be restored until the arrival of Him to whom it belongs, to whom I have assigned the right of judgment.’
WEBI will overturn, overturn, overturn it. This also will be no more, until he comes whose right it is; and I will give it.”’
ASVI will overturn, overturn, overturn it: this also shall be no more, until he come whose right it is; and I will give it him.
YLTAn overturn, overturn, overturn, I make it, Also this hath not been till the coming of Him, Whose is the judgment, and I have given it.
DARBYI will overturn, overturn, overturn it! This also shall be no more, until he come whose right it is; and I will give it to him.
BBEI will let it be overturned, overturned, overturned: this will not be again till he comes whose right it is; and I will give it to him.
WebsterI will overturn, overturn, overturn it: and it shall be no more, until he cometh whose right it is; and I will give it him.

What does Ezekiel 21:27 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
27. Literally, "An overturning, overturning, overturning, will I make it." The threefold repetition denotes the awful certainty of the event; not as Rosenmuller explains, the overthrow of the three, Jehoiakim, Jeconiah, and Zedekiah; for Zedekiah alone is referred to. it shall be no more, until he come whose right it is--strikingly parallel to Ge 49:10. Nowhere shall there be rest or permanence; all things shall be in fluctuation until He comes who, as the rightful Heir, shall restore the throne of David that fell with Zedekiah. The Hebrew for "right" is "judgment"; it perhaps includes, besides the right to rule, the idea of His rule being one in righteousness (Psa 72:2; Is 9:6, 7; 11:4; Re 19:11). Others (Nebuchadnezzar, &c.), who held the rule of the earth delegated to them by God, abused it by unrighteousness, and so forfeited the "right." He both has the truest "right" to the rule, and exercises it in "right." It is true the tribal "scepter" continued with Judah "till Shiloh came" (Ge 49:10); but there was no kingly scepter till Messiah came, as the spiritual King then (Joh 18:36, 37); this spiritual kingdom being about to pass into the literal, personal kingdom over Israel at His second coming, when, and not before, this prophecy shall have its exhaustive fulfilment (Lu 1:32, 33; Jr 3:17; 10:7; "To thee doth it appertain").

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 27 I will overturn - I will utterly destroy the Jewish government. Perverted will I make it. Heb. perverted, perverted, perverted I will make it. Until he come whose - is - משפט mishpat, the judgment; i.e., till the coming of the son of David, the Lord Jesus; who, in a mystic and spiritual sense, shall have the throne of Israel, and whose right it is. See the famous prophecy, Gen 49:10, and Luk 1:32. The עוה avah, which we translate overturn, is thrice repeated here; to point out, say the rabbins, the three conquests of Jerusalem, in which Jehoiakim, Jeconiah, and Zedekiah were overthrown.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ezekiel 21:18-27

By the Spirit of prophecy Ezekiel foresaw Nebuchadnezzar's march from Babylon, which he would determine by divination. The Lord would overturn the government of Judah, till the coming of Him whose right it is. This seems to foretell the overturnings of the Jewish nation to the present day, and the troubles of states and kingdoms, which shall make way for establishing the Messiah's kingdom throughout the earth. The…

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Ezekiel 21:27 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

עַוָּ֥ה'a.Vaha ruinH5754
עַוָּ֖ה'a.Vaha ruinH5754
עַוָּ֣ה'a.Vaha ruinH5754
אֲשִׂימֶ֑נָּה'a.si.Me.nahI will make itH7760
גַּם\־gam-alsoH1571
זֹאת֙zoTthisH2063
לֹ֣אlo'notH3808
הָיָ֔הha.Yahit will beH1961
עַד\־'ad-untilH5704
בֹּ֛אbo'comesH935
אֲשֶׁר\־'a.Sher-[the one] whomH834
ל֥וֹlo[belongs] to him
הַמִּשְׁפָּ֖טha.mish.Patthe judgmentH4941
וּנְתַתִּֽיו\׃\ \פu.ne.ta.Tivand I will give itH5414

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Cross references for Ezekiel 21:27

  • Micah 5:2

    But thou, Beth–lehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.

  • Jeremiah 23:5-6

    Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth. In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.

  • Luke 1:32

    He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David:

  • Zechariah 9:9

    Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.

  • Psalms 2:6

    Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.

  • Genesis 49:10

    The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.

  • John 1:9

    That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.

  • Haggai 2:21-22

    Speak to Zerubbabel, governor of Judah, saying, I will shake the heavens and the earth; And I will overthrow the throne of kingdoms, and I will destroy the strength of the kingdoms of the heathen; and I will overthrow the chariots, and those that ride in them; and the horses and their riders shall come down, every one by the sword of his brother.

  • Matthew 28:18

    And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.

  • 1 Peter 3:22

    Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him.

  • Malachi 3:1

    Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the Lord of hosts.

  • Hosea 3:5

    Afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the Lord their God, and David their king; and shall fear the Lord and his goodness in the latter days.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
I will overturn, overturn, overturn, it. Heb. Perverted,perverted, perverted, will I make it.
Hag 2:21,22; Heb 12:26,27
until.
13; 17:22,23; 34:23; 37:24,25; Ge 49:10; Nu 24:19; Ps 2:6; 72:7-10
Isa 9:6,7; Jer 23:5,6; 30:21; 33:15,16,21,26; Da 2:44; 9:25; Ho 3:5
Am 9:11,12; Mic 5:2; Hag 2:7; Zec 6:12,13; 9:9; Mal 3:1; 4:2
Mt 28:18; Lu 1:32,69; 2:11; Joh 1:4,9; Eph 1:20-22; Php 2:9,10
1Pe 3:22; Re 19:11-16

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Context

  • Ezekiel 21:26

    Thus saith the Lord God; Remove the diadem, and take off the crown: this shall not be the same: exalt him that is low, and abase him that is high.

  • Ezekiel 21:27

    I will overturn, overturn, overturn, it: and it shall be no more, until he come whose right it is; and I will give it him.

  • Ezekiel 21:28

    And thou, son of man, prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord God concerning the Ammonites, and concerning their reproach; even say thou, The sword, the sword is drawn: for the slaughter it is furbished, to consume because of the glittering:

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Ezekiel 21:27 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Del revés, del revés, del revés la tornaré; y no será ésta más, hasta que venga aquel cuyo es el derecho, y se la entregaré.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Dans sa droite est la divination touchant Jérusalem, pour placer des béliers, pour qu’on ouvre la bouche en cris de carnage, pour qu’on élève la voix en cris de guerre, pour placer des béliers contre les portes, pour élever des terrasses, pour bâtir des tours.
German
Elberfelder 1871		In seine Rechte fällt die Wahrsagung "Jerusalem" daß er Sturmböcke aufstelle, den Mund auftue mit Geschrei, die Stimme erhebe mit Feldgeschrei, Sturmböcke gegen die Tore aufstelle, Wälle aufschütte und Belagerungstürme baue. -
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Iniquitatem, iniquitatem, iniquitatem ponam eam: et hoc non factum est, donec veniret cujus est judicium, et tradam ei.