Ezekiel 21:26

Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: I will remove the diadem, and take away the crown! This shall no more be this. I exalt him that is low, and abase him that is high.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

25And thou, profane, wicked prince of Israel, whose day cometh in the time when iniquity bringeth destruction!

27I will destroy, destroy, destroy it; and it shall be no more until he come to whom the right belongeth, and to whom I will give it.

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Cross References

Psalms 113:7He raiseth the poor from the dust, And exalteth the needy from the dunghill,

Jeremiah 13:18Say to the king and to the queen, Sit ye down upon the ground, For your beautiful crown shall fall from your heads.

Jeremiah 52:9And they took the king, and carried him up to the king of Babylon, to Riblah, in the land of Hamath; where he gave judgment upon him.

Lamentations 5:16The crown is fallen from our head; Woe unto us, that 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 →

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