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Ezekiel 21:26

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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.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

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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This verse in Ezekiel 21

Commentary

8 notes on this verse

A commentator

Jerome

Commentary on Ezekiel · Written before 420.

(Verse 25 onwards) But you, profane and wicked ruler of Israel, whose day has come at the appointed time of iniquity. Thus says the Lord God: Remove the turban and take off the crown. Is this not the one who exalted the lowly and humiliated the proud? I will bring upon it injustice, injustice, injustice, and this will not cease until the one comes to whom judgment belongs, and I will give it to him. Septuagint: And you, profane and unjust ruler of Israel, whose day has come, at the end of the time of iniquity.

This site's exposition

profane wicked prince of Israel

on Ezekiel 21:25-27

The oracle turns to name its target, thou, profane wicked prince of Israel, identified as Zedekiah. The clause, until he come whose right it is, is read by many of the older commentators as a promise of the rightful heir. A minority reading confines the verse to the near future.

This site's exposition

Remove the turban

The turban and the crown come off together, and the royal house loses its rule. Wesley and Clarke read the raising and lowering as Zedekiah's fall, with Wesley naming Jeconiah and Clarke naming Gedaliah as the one raised. The order of Judah's kings is overturned.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices

A commentator

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

The diadem - The royal attire of the head, which the king daily wore. Shall not be the same - The kingdom shall never be what it hath been. Him that is low - Jeconiah.

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

This is mentioned here for the comfort of those who feared that the promise made in David would fail for evermore. "No," says God, "that promise is sure, for the Messiah's kingdom shall last for ever." The Destruction of the Ammonites.
Thus saith the Lord God, remove the diadem, and take off the crown,....

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

Exalt him that is low - Give Gedaliah the government of Judea. Abase him that is high - Depose Zedekiah - remove his diadem, and take off his crown.

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

Both this and "the crown," the emblem of the kingdom, were to be removed, until they should be restored and united in the Mediator, Messiah (Ps 110:2, 4; As, however, King Zedekiah alone, not the high priest also, is referred to in the context, English Version is supported by GESENIUS. this shall not be the same--The diadem shall not be as it was [ROSENMULLER].

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The words behind it

15 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • כֹּ֤הthus

    kohH3541 →577 times

  • אָמַר֙he says

    ʾamarH559 →5305 times

  • אֲדֹנָ֣י[the] Lord

    ʾadonaiH136 →440 times

  • יְהוִ֔הYahweh

    yahwehH3069 →306 times

  • הָסִיר֙to remove

    hasirH5493 →299 times

  • הַמִּצְנֶ֔פֶתthe turban

    hamitznefetH4701 →

  • וְהָרִ֖יםand to lift off

    veharimH7311 →190 times

  • הָֽעֲטָרָ֑הthe crown

    haatarahH5850 →23 times

  • זֹ֣אתthis

    zotH2063 →603 times

  • לֹא־not

    lo'-H3808 →5168 times

  • זֹ֔אתthis

    zotH2063 →603 times

  • הַשָּׁפָ֣לָהthe lowly

    hashafalahH8217 →17 times

  • הַגְבֵּ֔הַexalt

    hagbehaH1361 →34 times

  • וְהַגָּבֹ֖הַand the exalted

    vehagavohaH1364 →41 times

  • הַשְׁפִּֽיל׃to bring low

    hashpilH8213 →

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

15 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

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.14 worksEzekiel 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.’”7 worksPsalms 75:7but it is God who judges; He brings down one and exalts another.6 worksJeremiah 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.4 worksJeremiah 13:18Say to the king and to the queen mother: “Take a lowly seat, for your glorious crowns have fallen from your heads.”4 worksEzekiel 16:12I put a ring in your nose, earrings on your ears, and a beautiful crown upon your head.3 works
The other 9 cross-references, with their words ▾
Luke 1:52He has brought down rulers from their thrones, but has exalted the humble.3 worksJeremiah 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.3 worksJeremiah 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.2 worksLamentations 5:16The crown has fallen from our head. Woe to us, for we have sinned!2 worksPsalms 113:7–8He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the dump2 works1 Samuel 2:7–8The LORD sends poverty and wealth; He humbles and He exalts.2 works2 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 works2 Kings 25:6The Chaldeans seized the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah, where they pronounced judgment on him.2 worksEzekiel 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.2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Psalms 75:7

    but it is God who judges; He brings down one and exalts another.

    it leads to

    • Luke 1:52

      He has brought down rulers from their thrones, but has exalted the humble.

    • Daniel 2:21–22

      He changes the times and seasons; He removes kings and establishes them. He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to the discerning.

    • Psalms 147:6

      The LORD sustains the humble, but casts the wicked to the ground.

    • Psalms 113:7–8

      He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the dump

    • Psalms 50:6

      And the heavens proclaim His righteousness, for God Himself is Judge. Selah

  • Through

    Ezekiel 17:24

    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…

    it leads to

    • Amos 9:11

      “In that day I will restore the fallen tent of David. I will repair its gaps, restore its ruins, and rebuild it as in the days of old,

  • Through

    Jeremiah 13:18

    Say to the king and to the queen mother: “Take a lowly seat, for your glorious crowns have fallen from your heads.”

    it leads to

    • Jeremiah 22:26

      I will hurl you and the mother who gave you birth into another land, where neither of you were born—and there you both will die.

    • 2 Kings 24:12

      Jehoiachin king of Judah, his mother, his servants, his commanders, and his officials all surrendered to the king of Babylon. So in the eighth year of his reign, the king of Babylon took him…

Where this verse is studied

About Ezekiel

Ezekiel’s Vision of the Valley of Dry Bones, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Ezekiel’s Vision of the Valley of Dry Bones, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Ezekiel: the study guide →Read Ezekiel 21 →

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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