John Gill Commentary Ezekiel 7:27

"The king shall mourn, and the prince shall be clothed with desolation, and the hands of the people of the land shall be troubled: I will do unto them after their way, and according to their deserts will I judge them; and they shall know that I am Jehovah." — Ezekiel 7:27 (ASV)

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 39:6Jeremiah 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.