Ezekiel 21:26
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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.This 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.
In other translations
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.This 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.
Hebrew words
כֹּהkohthusH3541אָמַר'amarhe saysH559אֲדֹנָי'adonai[the] LordH136יְהוִהyahwehYahwehH3069הָסִירhasirto removeH5493הַמִּצְנֶפֶתhamitznefetthe turbanH4701וְהָרִיםveharimand to lift offH7311הָעֲטָרָהha'atarahthe crownH5850זֹאתzotthisH2063לֹא־lo'-notH3808זֹאתzotthisH2063הַשָּׁפָלָהhashafalahthe lowlyH8217הַגְבֵּהַhagbehaexaltH1361וְהַגָּבֹהַvehagavohaand the exaltedH1364הַשְׁפִּיל׃hashpilto bring lowH8213
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Related verses
- Ezekiel 17:24And all the trees of the field shall know that I the Lord have brought down the high tree, have exalted the low tree, have dried up the green tree, and have made the dry tree to flourish: I the Lord have spoken and have done it.Then all the trees of the field will know that I am the LORD. I bring the tall tree down and make the low tree tall. I dry up the green tree and make the withered tree flourish. I, the LORD, have spoken, and I have done it.’”
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- Jeremiah 13:18Say unto the king and to the queen, Humble yourselves, sit down: for your principalities shall come down, even the crown of your glory.Say to the king and to the queen mother: “Take a lowly seat, for your glorious crowns have fallen from your heads.”
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- Luke 1:52He hath put down the mighty from their seats, and exalted them of low degree.He has brought down rulers from their thrones, but has exalted the humble.
- Jeremiah 52:9-119 Then they took the king, and carried him up unto the king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath; where he gave judgment upon him. 10 And the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes: he slew also all the princes of Judah in Riblah. 11 Then he put out the eyes of Zedekiah; and the king of Babylon bound him in chains, and carried him to Babylon, and put him in prison till the day of his death.9 The Chaldeans seized the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he pronounced judgment on Zedekiah. 10 There at Riblah the king of Babylon slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and he also killed all the officials of Judah. 11 Then he put out Zedekiah’s eyes, bound him with bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon, where he kept him in custody until his dying day.
- Ezekiel 16:12And I put a jewel on thy forehead, and earrings in thine ears, and a beautiful crown upon thine head.I put a ring in your nose, earrings on your ears, and a beautiful crown upon your head.
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- Ezekiel 12:12-1312 And the prince that is among them shall bear upon his shoulder in the twilight, and shall go forth: they shall dig through the wall to carry out thereby: he shall cover his face, that he see not the ground with his eyes. 13 My net also will I spread upon him, and he shall be taken in my snare: and I will bring him to Babylon to the land of the Chaldeans; yet shall he not see it, though he shall die there.12 And at dusk the prince among them will lift his bags to his shoulder and go out. They will dig through the wall to bring him out. He will cover his face so he cannot see the land. 13 But I will spread My net over him, and he will be caught in My snare. I will bring him to Babylon, the land of the Chaldeans; yet he will not see it, and there he will die.
- Lamentations 5:16The crown is fallen from our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned!The crown has fallen from our head. Woe to us, for we have sinned!
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