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Ezekiel 21:26

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.

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ASV

thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Remove the mitre, and take off the crown; this shall be no more the same; exalt that which is low, and abase that which is high.

KJV

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.

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15 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
כֹּ֤הkohthusH3541 →
אָמַר֙'a.Marhe saysH559 →
אֲדֹנָ֣י'a.do.Nai[the] LordH136 →
יְהוִ֔הYah.wehYahwehH3069 →
הָסִיר֙ha.Sirto removeH5493 →
הַמִּצְנֶ֔פֶתha.mitz.Ne.fetthe turbanH4701 →
וְהָרִ֖יםve.ha.Rimand to lift offH7311 →
הָֽעֲטָרָ֑הha.'a.ta.Rahthe crownH5850 →
זֹ֣אתzotthisH2063 →
לֹא־lo'-notH3808 →
זֹ֔אתZotthisH2063 →
הַשָּׁפָ֣לָהha.sha.Fa.lahthe lowlyH8217 →
הַגְבֵּ֔הַhag.Be.haexaltH1361 →
וְהַגָּבֹ֖הַve.ha.ga.Vo.haand the exaltedH1364 →
הַשְׁפִּֽיל׃hash.Pilto bring lowH8213 →

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Isaiah 40:4Every valley shall be lifted up, and every mountain and hill made low; the uneven ground will become smooth, and the rugged land a plain.Ezekiel 17:24Then 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.’”Psalms 75:7but it is God who judges; He brings down one and exalts another.Jeremiah 52:31–34On the twenty-fifth day of the twelfth month of the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the first year of the reign of Evil-merodach king of Babylon, he pardoned Jehoiachin king of Judah and released him from prison.Jeremiah 13:18Say to the king and to the queen mother: “Take a lowly seat, for your glorious crowns have fallen from your heads.”Ezekiel 16:12I put a ring in your nose, earrings on your ears, and a beautiful crown upon your head.Luke 1:52He has brought down rulers from their thrones, but has exalted the humble.Jeremiah 52:9–11The 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.Jeremiah 39:6–7There at Riblah the king of Babylon slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and he also killed all the nobles of Judah.Lamentations 5:16The crown has fallen from our head. Woe to us, for we have sinned!Psalms 113:7–8He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the dump1 Samuel 2:7–8The LORD sends poverty and wealth; He humbles and He exalts.2 Kings 25:27On the twenty-seventh day of the twelfth month of the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Judah’s King Jehoiachin, in the year Evil-merodach became king of Babylon, he released King Jehoiachin of Judah from prison.2 Kings 25:6The Chaldeans seized the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah, where they pronounced judgment on him.Ezekiel 12:12–13And 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.

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The Prophet Ezekiel — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Prophet Ezekiel — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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