Ezekiel 21:26
(21:31) Thus hath said the Lord Eternal, Remove the mitre, and take off the crown: this shall not be always so; exalt him that is low, and make him low that is high.
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1 Samuel 2:7The Lord maketh poor and maketh rich: he bringeth low and also lifteth up.
2 Kings 25:27And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoyachin the king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the seven and twentieth [day] of the month, that Evil-merodach the king of Babylon in the year that he became king did lift up the head of Jehoyachin the king of Judah out of the prison;
Psalms 113:7He raiseth up out of the dust the poor, from the dunghill he lifteth up the needy:
Jeremiah 13:18Say unto the king and to the queen-mother, Sit down very lowly; for sunk down are your head-attires, the crown of your ornament.
Jeremiah 52:9And they caught the king, and they brought him up unto the king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of Chamath: and he called him to account.
Lamentations 5:16Fallen is the crown of our head: woe to us, for we have sinned.
Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 21:19-28
Judgments Predicted. ( b. c. 592.) 18 The word of the Lord came unto me again, saying, 19 Also, thou son of man, appoint thee two ways, that the sword of the king of Babylon may come: both twain shall come forth out of one land: and choose thou a place, choose it at the head of the way to the city. 20 Appoint a way, that the sword may come to Rabbath of the Ammonites, and to Judah in Jerusalem the defenced. 21 For the king of Babylon stood at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination:… Read the whole commentary →