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Ezekiel 21:26

21:25 And thou, profane wicked prince of Israel, whose day is come, when iniquity shall have an end,
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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thus says the Lord Yahweh: “Remove the turban, and take off the crown. This will not be as it was. Exalt that which is low, and abase that which is high.

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 says 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.

21:27 I will overturn, overturn, overturn, it: and it shall be no more, until he come whose right it is; and I will give it him. I will overturn: Heb. Perverted, perverted, perverted, will I make it

What does Ezekiel 21:26 mean?

Ezekiel 21:26 is a verse in the book of Ezekiel, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include אָמַר (ʼâmar), אֲדֹנָי (ʼĂdônây), יְהֹוִה (Yᵉhôvih). It connects to 6 cross-referenced passages elsewhere in Scripture.

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Thus
saithאָמַרʼâmar/aw-mar'/H559to say (used with great latitude)
the
LordאֲדֹנָיʼĂdônây/ad-o-noy'/H136the Lord (used as a proper name of God only)
GOD;יְהֹוִהYᵉhôvih/yeh-ho-vee'/H3069{YHWH}
Removeסוּרçûwr/soor/H5493to turn off (literal or figurative)
the
diadem,מִצְנֶפֶתmitsnepheth/mits-neh'-feth/H4701a tiara, i.e. official turban (of a king or high priest)
and
take
offרוּםrûwm/room/H7311to be high actively, to rise or raise (in various applications, literally or figuratively)
the
crown:עֲטָרָהʻăṭârâh/at-aw-raw'/H5850a crown
this
shall
not
be
the
same:זֹאתzôʼth/zothe'/H2063this (often used adverb)
exaltגָּבַהּgâbahh/gaw-bah'/H1361to soar, i.e. be lofty; figuratively, to be haughty
him
that
is
low,שָׁפָלshâphâl/shaw-fawl'/H8217depressed, literally or figuratively
and
abaseשָׁפֵלshâphêl/shaw-fale'/H8213to depress or sink (expectation figuratively, to humiliate, intransitive or transitive)
him
that
is
high.גָּבֹהַּgâbôahh/gaw-bo'-ah/H1364elevated (or elated), powerful, arrogant

Commentary on Ezekiel 21:26

HENRY_FULL · Ezekiel 21:26
" We may conjecture that the prophecy of this chapter was delivered after the first captivity, in the time of Jeconiah or Jehoiachin, when many were carried away to Babylon; for it has a double reference:—I. To those that were carried away into the land of the Chaldeans, a country notorious above any other for idolatry and superstition; and they are here cautioned against the infection of the place, not to learn the way of the heathen ( ver. 1, 2 ), for their astrology and idolatry are both foolish things ( ver. 3-5 ), and the worshippers of idols brutish, ver. 8, 9 . So it will appear in the day of their visitation, ver. 14, 15 . They are likewise exhorted to adhere firmly to the God of Israel, for there is none like him, ver. 6, 7 . He is the true God, lives for ever, and has the government of the world ( ver. 10-13 ), and his people are happy in him, ver. 16 . II. To those that yet remained in their own land. They are cautioned against security, and told to expect distress ( ver. 17, 18 ) and that by a foreign enemy, which God would bring upon them for their sin, ver. 20-22 . This calamity the prophet laments ( ver. 19 ) and prays for the mitigation of it, ver. 23-25 . Solemn Charge to Israel; The Folly of Idolatry. (

Cross-references

Related passages from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Leviticus 18:3

After the doings of the land of Egypt, wherein ye dwelt, shall ye not do: and after the doings of the land of Canaan, whither I bring you, shall ye not do: neither shall ye walk in their ordinances.

Leviticus 20:23

And ye shall not walk in the manners of the nation, which I cast out before you: for they committed all these things, and therefore I abhorred them.

Deuteronomy 12:30

Take heed to thyself that thou be not snared by following them, after that they be destroyed from before thee; and that thou enquire not after their gods, saying, How did these nations serve their gods? even so will I do likewise. by: Heb. after them

Deuteronomy 12:31

Thou shalt not do so unto the LORD thy God: for every abomination to the LORD, which he hateth, have they done unto their gods; for even their sons and their daughters they have burnt in the fire to their gods. to the: Heb. of the

Ezekiel 20:32

And that which cometh into your mind shall not be at all, that ye say, We will be as the heathen, as the families of the countries, to serve wood and stone.

Luke 21:25

And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Ezekiel 21:26.

1 Kings 2:26

And unto Abiathar the priest said the king, Get thee to Anathoth, unto thine own fields; for thou art worthy of death: but I will not at this time put thee to death, because thou barest the ark of the Lord GOD before David my father, and because thou hast been afflicted in all wherein my father was afflicted. worthy: Heb. a man of death

1 Kings 8:53

For thou didst separate them from among all the people of the earth, to be thine inheritance, as thou spakest by the hand of Moses thy servant, when thou broughtest our fathers out of Egypt, O Lord GOD.

2 Samuel 7:18

Then went king David in, and sat before the LORD, and he said, Who am I, O Lord GOD? and what is my house, that thou hast brought me hitherto?

2 Samuel 7:19

And this was yet a small thing in thy sight, O Lord GOD; but thou hast spoken also of thy servant's house for a great while to come. And is this the manner of man, O Lord GOD? manner: Heb. law

2 Samuel 7:20

And what can David say more unto thee? for thou, Lord GOD, knowest thy servant.

2 Samuel 7:28

And now, O Lord GOD, thou art that God, and thy words be true, and thou hast promised this goodness unto thy servant:

2 Samuel 7:29

Therefore now let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may continue for ever before thee: for thou, O Lord GOD, hast spoken it: and with thy blessing let the house of thy servant be blessed for ever. let it: Heb. be thou pleased and bless

Deuteronomy 3:24

O Lord GOD, thou hast begun to shew thy servant thy greatness, and thy mighty hand: for what God is there in heaven or in earth, that can do according to thy works, and according to thy might?

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What does Ezekiel 21:26 say?

Ezekiel 21:26 (King James Version) reads: "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."

Is Ezekiel 21:26 in the Old or New Testament?

Ezekiel 21:26 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Ezekiel.

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