Ezekiel 21:27
New International Version
A ruin! A ruin! I will make it a ruin! The crown will not be restored until he to whom it rightfully belongs shall come; to him I will give it.’

New Living Translation
Destruction! Destruction! I will surely destroy the kingdom. And it will not be restored until the one appears who has the right to judge it. Then I will hand it over to him.

English Standard Version
A ruin, ruin, ruin I will make it. This also shall not be, until he comes, the one to whom judgment belongs, and I will give it to him.

Berean Standard Bible
A 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.’

King James Bible
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.

New King James Version
Overthrown, overthrown, I will make it overthrown! It shall be no longer, Until He comes whose right it is, And I will give it to Him.” ’

New American Standard Bible
Ruins, ruins, ruins, I will make it! This also will be no longer until He comes whose right it is, and I will give it to Him.

NASB 1995
A ruin, a ruin, a ruin, I will make it. This also will be no more until He comes whose right it is, and I will give it to Him.’

NASB 1977
‘A ruin, a ruin, a ruin, I shall make it. This also will be no more, until He comes whose right it is; and I shall give it to Him.

Legacy Standard Bible
A ruin, a ruin, a ruin, I will make it. This also will be no more until He comes to whom the legal judgment belongs, and I will give it to Him.’

Amplified Bible
A ruin, a ruin, I will make it a ruin! It shall no longer exist until He comes whose right it is [to reign], and I will give it to Him.’

Christian Standard Bible
A ruin, a ruin, I will make it a ruin! Yet this will not happen until he comes; I have given the judgment to him.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
A ruin, a ruin, I will make it a ruin! Yet this will not happen until He comes; I have given the judgment to Him.”

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

Contemporary English Version
I will leave Jerusalem in complete ruins like no one has ever seen until my chosen one comes to punish this city.

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

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Ruins! Ruins! I will turn this place into ruins! It will not be restored until its rightful owner comes. Then I will give it to him.

Good News Translation
Ruin, ruin! Yes, I will make the city a ruin. But this will not happen until the one comes whom I have chosen to punish the city. To him I will give it.

International Standard Version
A ruin! A ruin! I'm bringing about ruin!' But this also will not happen until he who has authority over it arrives, because I'll give it to him."

Majority Standard Bible
A 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.’

NET Bible
A total ruin I will make it! It will come to an end when the one arrives to whom I have assigned judgment.'

New Heart English Bible
I will overturn, overturn, overturn it: this also shall be no more, until he come whose right it is; and I will give it him.'

Webster's Bible Translation
I will overturn, overturn, overturn it: and it shall be no more, until he cometh whose right it is; and I will give it him.

World English Bible
I will overturn, overturn, overturn it. This also will be no more, until he comes whose right it is; and I will give it.”’
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
An overturn, overturn, overturn, I make it, "" Also this has not been until the coming of Him, "" Whose [is] the judgment, and I have given it.

Young's Literal Translation
An 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.

Smith's Literal Translation
Perverted, perverted, perverted, will I set her: and this was not till he came which to him the judgment; and I gave him.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
I will shew it to be iniquity, iniquity, iniquity: but this was not done till he came to whom judgment belongeth, and I will give it him.

Catholic Public Domain Version
Iniquity, iniquity, iniquity I will make it. And this was not done until the one arrived to whom judgment belongs, and I will hand it over to him.

New American Bible
A ruin, a ruin, a ruin, I shall make it! Nothing will be the same until the one comes to whom I have given it for judgment.

New Revised Standard Version
A ruin, a ruin, a ruin— I will make it! (Such has never occurred.) Until he comes whose right it is; to him I will give it.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
Even this place I will cause to be a ruin; until he comes to whom it belongs by right, and I will deliver it to him.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
Also I shall make this for evil and for deceit, until he will come whose is the judgment, and I shall hand it over to him
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
A ruin, a ruin, a ruin, will I make it; this also shall be no more, until he come whose right it is, and I will give it him.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Injustice, injustice, injustice, will I make it: woe to it: such shall it be until he comes to whom it belongs; and I will deliver it to him.

Additional Translations ...
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Context
The LORD's Sword of Judgment
26This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Remove the turban, and take off the crown. Things will not remain as they are: Exalt the lowly and bring low the exalted. 27A 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.’ 28Now prophesy, son of man, and declare that this is what the Lord GOD says concerning the Ammonites and their contempt: ‘A sword! A sword is drawn for slaughter, polished to consume, to flash like lightning—…

Cross References
Genesis 49:10
The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the staff from between his feet, until Shiloh comes and the allegiance of the nations is his.

Isaiah 9:6-7
For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given, and the government will be upon His shoulders. And He will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. / Of the increase of His government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish and sustain it with justice and righteousness from that time and forevermore. The zeal of the LORD of Hosts will accomplish this.

Jeremiah 23:5-6
Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and He will reign wisely as King and will administer justice and righteousness in the land. / In His days Judah will be saved, and Israel will dwell securely. And this is His name by which He will be called: The LORD Our Righteousness.

Daniel 7:13-14
In my vision in the night I continued to watch, and I saw One like the Son of Man coming with the clouds of heaven. He approached the Ancient of Days and was led into His presence. / And He was given dominion, glory, and kingship, that the people of every nation and language should serve Him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion that will not pass away, and His kingdom is one that will never be destroyed.

Luke 1:32-33
He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David, / and He will reign over the house of Jacob forever. His kingdom will never end!”

Matthew 21:42-44
Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures: ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. This is from the Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes’? / Therefore I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people who will produce its fruit. / He who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but he on whom it falls will be crushed.”

Acts 2:30-36
But he was a prophet and knew that God had promised him on oath that He would place one of his descendants on his throne. / Foreseeing this, David spoke about the resurrection of the Christ, that He was not abandoned to Hades, nor did His body see decay. / God has raised this Jesus to life, to which we are all witnesses. ...

Revelation 19:11-16
Then I saw heaven standing open, and there before me was a white horse. And its rider is called Faithful and True. With righteousness He judges and wages war. / He has eyes like blazing fire, and many royal crowns on His head. He has a name written on Him that only He Himself knows. / He is dressed in a robe dipped in blood, and His name is The Word of God. ...

Psalm 2:6-9
“I have installed My King on Zion, upon My holy mountain.” / I will proclaim the decree spoken to Me by the LORD: “You are My Son; today I have become Your Father. / Ask Me, and I will make the nations Your inheritance, the ends of the earth Your possession. ...

Zechariah 9:9-10
Rejoice greatly, O Daughter of Zion! Shout in triumph, O Daughter of Jerusalem! See, your King comes to you, righteous and victorious, humble and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey. / And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim and the horse from Jerusalem, and the bow of war will be broken. Then He will proclaim peace to the nations. His dominion will extend from sea to sea, and from the Euphrates to the ends of the earth.

Isaiah 11:1-5
Then a shoot will spring up from the stump of Jesse, and a Branch from his roots will bear fruit. / The Spirit of the LORD will rest on Him—the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and strength, the Spirit of knowledge and fear of the LORD. / And He will delight in the fear of the LORD. He will not judge by what His eyes see, and He will not decide by what His ears hear, ...

Micah 5:2
But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come forth for Me One to be ruler over Israel—One whose origins are of old, from the days of eternity.

Matthew 25:31-34
When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the angels with Him, He will sit on His glorious throne. / All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate the people one from another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. / He will place the sheep on His right and the goats on His left. ...

Hebrews 1:8-9
But about the Son He says: “Your throne, O God, endures forever and ever, and justice is the scepter of Your kingdom. / You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, Your God, has anointed You above Your companions with the oil of joy.”

Revelation 11:15
Then the seventh angel sounded his trumpet, and loud voices called out in heaven: “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ, and He will reign forever and ever.”


Treasury of Scripture

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.

Haggai 2:21,22
Speak to Zerubbabel, governor of Judah, saying, I will shake the heavens and the earth; …

Hebrews 12:26,27
Whose voice then shook the earth: but now he hath promised, saying, Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven…

until

Ezekiel 21:13
Because it is a trial, and what if the sword contemn even the rod? it shall be no more, saith the Lord GOD.

Ezekiel 17:22,23
Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also take of the highest branch of the high cedar, and will set it; I will crop off from the top of his young twigs a tender one, and will plant it upon an high mountain and eminent: …

Ezekiel 34:23
And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd.

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Ezekiel 21
1. Ezekiel prophesies against Jerusalem with a sign of sighing
8. The sharp and bright sword
18. against Jerusalem
25. against the kingdom
28. and against the Ammonites














A ruin, a ruin, I will make it a ruin!
The repetition of the word "ruin" in this verse emphasizes the certainty and severity of the judgment that God is pronouncing. In Hebrew, the word used here is "עָוֶה" (avah), which conveys a sense of overturning or destruction. This triple repetition is a literary device used in Hebrew to express completeness or intensity. Historically, this prophecy is directed towards the kingdom of Judah and its capital, Jerusalem, which would face destruction due to their persistent disobedience and idolatry. The phrase underscores the irreversible nature of God's judgment at that time, highlighting the seriousness of turning away from God's commandments.

It will not be restored
This phrase indicates the finality of the judgment pronounced upon the kingdom. The Hebrew root here is "שׁוּב" (shuv), meaning to return or restore. The implication is that the kingdom, once destroyed, will not be restored to its former glory by human means or efforts. This serves as a sobering reminder of the consequences of sin and rebellion against God. From a historical perspective, this prophecy was fulfilled when Jerusalem was destroyed by the Babylonians, and the Davidic line of kings was interrupted.

until the arrival of Him
This phrase introduces a note of hope and future restoration. The "Him" referred to here is traditionally understood by conservative Christian scholars as a messianic prophecy pointing to Jesus Christ. The Hebrew word "עַד" (ad) implies a waiting period, suggesting that the restoration will occur in God's perfect timing. This points to the anticipation of the Messiah, who would come to establish a kingdom not of this world, but one that is eternal and spiritual.

to whom it belongs
This phrase signifies rightful ownership and authority. The Hebrew word "אֲשֶׁר" (asher) is a relative pronoun that connects the subject to its rightful owner. In the context of messianic prophecy, it indicates that the kingdom ultimately belongs to the Messiah, who is the rightful heir to the throne of David. This reflects the biblical theme of God's sovereignty and the fulfillment of His promises through Jesus Christ, who is recognized as the King of Kings.

to whom I have assigned judgment
The final phrase speaks to the divine authority and responsibility given to the Messiah. The Hebrew root "שָׁפַט" (shaphat) means to judge or govern. This indicates that the Messiah will not only inherit the kingdom but will also execute judgment and establish justice. In the New Testament, Jesus is depicted as the one who will judge the living and the dead, fulfilling this prophetic role. This serves as a reminder of the ultimate justice and righteousness that will be established through Christ's reign, offering hope and assurance to believers.

(27) And it shall be no more.--Literally, this also shall not be. After the emphatic repetition of "over-turn" at the beginning of the verse, it is now added that the condition which follows the overthrow shall not be permanent; "the foundations" shall be put "out of course," and everything thrown into that condition of flux and change, without permanent settlement, which was so characteristic of the state of Judaea until the coming of Christ.

Until he come whose right it is.--This is generally acknowledged as a reference to Genesis 49:10, "until Shiloh come" even by those who reject the interpretation of Shiloh as meaning "he to whom it belongs." The promise here made refers plainly both to the priestly and to the royal prerogatives, and a still more distinct foretelling of the union of both in the Messiah may be found in Zechariah 6:12-13. In Him, and in Him alone, will all this confusion and uncertainty come to an end; for, as Ezekiel's contemporary declared, "His dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and His kingdom that which shall not be destroyed" (Daniel 7:14).

Verse 27. - I will overthrow. The sentence of destruction is emphasized, after the Hebrew manner, by a threefold iteration (Isaiah 6:3; Jeremiah 22:29). It shall be no more. The pronoun in both clauses probably refers to the established order of the kingdom and the priesthood. "That order," Ezekiel says, "shall be no more." Keil, however, takes the second "it" - the "this" of the Revised Version - as meaning the fact of the overthrow. That also was not final; all things were as in a state of flux till the Messianic kingdom hinted at in the next clause should restore the true order. Until he come whose right it is. The words contain a singularly suggestive allusion to Genesis 49:10, where a probable interpretation of the word "Shiloh" is "he to whom it belongs;" or, as the LXX. gives it, τὰ ἀποκείμενα αὐτᾷ. The passage is noticeable as being Ezekiel's first distinct utterance of the hope of a personal Messiah. Afterwards, in Ezekiel 34:23, it is definite enough.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
A ruin,
עַוָּ֥ה (‘aw·wāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 5754: Distortion, ruin

a ruin,
עַוָּ֖ה (‘aw·wāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 5754: Distortion, ruin

I will make it
אֲשִׂימֶ֑נָּה (’ă·śî·men·nāh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's 7760: Put -- to put, place, set

a ruin!
עַוָּ֣ה (‘aw·wāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 5754: Distortion, ruin

And
גַּם־ (gam-)
Conjunction
Strong's 1571: Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and

it
זֹאת֙ (zōṯ)
Pronoun - feminine singular
Strong's 2063: Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that,

will not
לֹ֣א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

be restored
הָיָ֔ה (hā·yāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

until
עַד־ (‘aḏ-)
Preposition
Strong's 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, while

He comes
בֹּ֛א (bō)
Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go

to whom
אֲשֶׁר־ (’ă·šer-)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

it belongs,
ל֥וֹ (lōw)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew

to whom I have assigned
וּנְתַתִּֽיו׃ (ū·nə·ṯat·tîw)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular | third person masculine singular
Strong's 5414: To give, put, set

judgment.’
הַמִּשְׁפָּ֖ט (ham·miš·pāṭ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4941: A verdict, a sentence, formal decree, divine law, penalty, justice, privilege, style


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