Ezekiel 21:26

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.

Thus saith {H559} the Lord {H136} GOD {H3069}; Remove {H5493} the diadem {H4701}, and take off {H7311} the crown {H5850}: this shall not be the same {H2063}: exalt {H1361} him that is low {H8217}, and abase {H8213} him that is high {H1364}.

here is what Adonai ELOHIM says: 'Remove the turban, take off the crown! Everything is being changed. What was low will be raised up, and what was high will be brought down.

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.

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.

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Cross-References

  • Ezekiel 17:24 (6 votes)

    And 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].

  • Psalms 75:7 (5 votes)

    But God [is] the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another.

  • Jeremiah 52:31 (4 votes)

    ¶ And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, in the five and twentieth [day] of the month, [that] Evilmerodach king of Babylon in the [first] year of his reign lifted up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah, and brought him forth out of prison,

  • Jeremiah 52:34 (4 votes)

    And [for] his diet, there was a continual diet given him of the king of Babylon, every day a portion until the day of his death, all the days of his life.

  • Jeremiah 13:18 (4 votes)

    Say unto the king and to the queen, Humble yourselves, sit down: for your principalities shall come down, [even] the crown of your glory.

  • Luke 1:52 (3 votes)

    He hath put down the mighty from [their] seats, and exalted them of low degree.

  • Jeremiah 52:9 (3 votes)

    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.