Ezekiel 7:27

“The king shall mourn, and the prince shall be clothed with desolation, &c.] 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, (<243906>Jeremiah 39:6,7); 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…”

“people of the land--the general multitude, as distinguished from the "king" and the "prince." The consternation shall pervade all ranks. The king, whose duty it was to animate others and find a remedy for existing evils, shall himself be in the utmost anxiety; a mark of the desperate state of affairs. clothed with desolation--Clothing is designed to keep off shame; but in this case shame shall be the clothing. after their way--because of their wicked ways. deserts--literally, "judgments," that is, what just judgment awards to them; used to imply the exact correspondence of God's judgment with the judicial penalties they had incurred: they oppressed the poor and deprived them of liberty;…”

“The king - Zedekiah. The prince - Every magistrate. Troubled - Hang down, and melt away. What can men contrive or do for themselves, when God is departed from them? All must needs be in tears, all in trouble, when God comes to judge them according to their deserts, and so make them know, that he is the Lord, to whom vengeance belongeth. Next: Ezekiel Chapter 8”

“king: Eze 12:10-22, Eze 17:15-21, Eze 21:25; Jer 52:8-11 I will: Eze 7:4-8, Eze 18:30; Isa 3:11; Rom 2:5-10 according to their deserts: Heb. with their judgments, Mat 7:2; Jam 2:13 and they: Eze 7:4; Kg1 20:28; Psa 9:16; Joe 3:17 Next: Ezekiel Chapter 8”