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Ezekiel 21:27 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 27. 27I will overturn, overturn, overturn, it: and it shall be no more, until he come whose right it is; and I will give it him.
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Quick Meaning
The prophetic word through Ezekiel states or reports “I will overturn, overturn, overturn, it” at Ezekiel 21:27 as a specific part of “The Profane Prince Loses Crown and Turban until the Rightful One Comes.”
Read It With
- Ezekiel 21:25–27
Ezekiel 21:27 belongs to “The Profane Prince Loses Crown and Turban until the Rightful One Comes.” The prophetic word through Ezekiel states or reports “I will overturn, overturn, overturn, it” at Ezekiel 21:27 as a specific part of “The Profane Prince Loses Crown and Turban until the Rightful One Comes.” Read the surrounding movement before drawing theology or application.
Why This Verse Appears Here
The unit needs this line before its next movement. The prophetic word through Ezekiel states or reports “I will overturn, overturn, overturn, it” at Ezekiel 21:27 as a specific part of “The Profane Prince Loses Crown and Turban until the Rightful One Comes.” The result is: Judah's prince is stripped of priestly-royal symbols, high and low are reversed, and the order is overturned until the one with rightful judgment receives it.
Follow the Context
- The unit begins at 21:25 with the address, action, vision, lament, or measurement named in its title.
- Judah's prince is stripped of priestly-royal symbols, high and low are reversed, and the order is overturned until the one with rightful judgment receives it.
- By 21:27 the movement reaches its stated warning, promise, response, or transition before the next unit begins.
What This Verse Is Not Saying
“Whose right it is” does not identify a current monarch, party, or national leader.
What Remains True
The verse suspends Judah's overturned rule until rightful judgment is given, inviting but not exhausting later messianic reception.
How It Can Shape Life
- Role in Ezekiel 21:27: The prophetic word through Ezekiel states or reports “I will overturn, overturn, overturn, it” at Ezekiel 21:27 as a specific part of “The Profane Prince Loses Crown and Turban until the Rightful One Comes.” Contextual meaning in Ezekiel 21:25–27: Judah's prince is stripped of priestly-royal symbols, high and low are reversed, and the order is overturned until the one with rightful judgment receives it. The interpretive limit remains: The saying does not identify a modern monarch or party, and later messianic reception must not erase its exilic royal crisis. Proportionate enduring truth: The verse suspends Judah's overturned rule until rightful judgment is given, inviting but not exhausting later messianic reception. Application: Distinguish exilic royal crisis from later canonical interpretation and reject leader cults.
Teach It Back
Explain Ezekiel 21:27's precise role in Ezekiel 21:25–27: The prophetic word through Ezekiel states or reports “I will overturn, overturn, overturn, it” at Ezekiel 21:27 as a specific part of “The Profane Prince Loses Crown and Turban until the Rightful One Comes.” State how “The Profane Prince Loses Crown and Turban until the Rightful One Comes” controls the line, keep this uncertainty visible—The saying does not identify a modern monarch or party, and later messianic reception must not erase its exilic royal crisis.—trace role to contextual meaning to enduring truth to application, and reject one use the verse does not authorize.
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Read Ezekiel 21:25–27 — The Profane Prince Loses Crown and Turban until the Rightful One ComesSources used for this Verse Lens
How certain is this explanation? probable
Where care is needed
The saying does not identify a modern monarch or party, and later messianic reception must not erase its exilic royal crisis.
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, verse order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete thought-unit coverage.
Exact location: Ezekiel 21:25–27, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Ezekiel
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording and morphology checked at the exact unit without treating morphology as a critical apparatus or interpretation.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Ezek.xml, OSIS 21:25–27
Open the fixed Hebrew Ezekiel file ↗translation and translator notes
NET Bible Notes: Ezekiel
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press, 2016; current official PDF
Supports: Verse-level controls for difficult Hebrew, syntax, older KJV language, dates, place names, textual issues, vision language, and material alternatives.
Exact location: Official NET Ezekiel PDF, exact translator, study, and textual notes attached to Ezekiel 21:25–27
Open the official NET Ezekiel PDF ↗modern scholarly book course
Ezekiel course: summary, outline, background, introductory issues, themes, and passage studies
Alan G. Padgett; revised by Tyler Mayfield
Enter the Bible, Luther Seminary, revised June 2023
Supports: Reader-oriented historical, literary, theological, and pastoral synthesis with visible alternatives and ancient-to-modern limits.
Exact location: Enter the Bible Ezekiel course, Outline and Theological Themes: responsibility, allegory, history, and Jerusalem judgment; applied to Ezekiel 21:25–27
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Jeremiah and Ezekiel: Ezekiel Parts 1-3 Study Guides
Joel S. Baden and Jacqueline Vayntrub
Yale Bible Study, 2024
Supports: Current university-level literary-historical synthesis and interpretive questions, including ethical attention to gendered rhetoric and the final vision.
Exact location: Yale Bible Study, Jeremiah and Ezekiel, Ezekiel Part 2 and Part 3 study guides: sign acts, responsibility, allegory, chapters 16 and 23, and Jerusalem's fall; applied to Ezekiel 21:25–27
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