Ezekiel 21 · Verse 26

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.
Ezekiel 21:26, King James Version

Ezekiel 21:26 in other translations

BSBThis 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.
WEBthe Lord GOD says: “Remove the turban, and take off the crown. This will not be as it was. Exalt that which is low, and humble that which is high.
ASVthus 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.
YLTThus said the Lord Jehovah: Turn aside the mitre, and bear away the crown, This--not this--the low make high, And the high make low.
DARBY— thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Remove the mitre and take off the crown; what is shall be no more. Exalt that which is low, and abase that which is high.
BBEThis is what the Lord has said: Take away the holy head-dress, take off the crown: this will not be again: let that which is low be lifted up, and that which is high be made low.
WebsterThus 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.

What does Ezekiel 21:26 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
26. diadem--rather, "the miter" of the holy priest (Ex 28:4; Zec 3:5). His priestly emblem as representative of the priestly people. 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 (Psa 110:2, 4; Zec 6:13), [Fairbairn]. 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]. Nothing shall remain what it was [Fairbairn]. exalt ... low, ... abase ... high--not the general truth expressed (Pr 3:34; Lu 1:52; Jas 4:6; 1Pe 5:5); but specially referring to Messiah and Zedekiah contrasted together. The "tender plant ... out of the dry ground" (Is 53:2) is to be "exalted" in the end (Eze 21:27); the now "high" representative on David's throne, Zedekiah, is to be "abased." The outward relations of things shall be made to change places in just retaliation on the people for having so perverted the moral relations of things [Hengstenberg].

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 26 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.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ezekiel 21:18-27

By the Spirit of prophecy Ezekiel foresaw Nebuchadnezzar's march from Babylon, which he would determine by divination. The Lord would overturn the government of Judah, till the coming of Him whose right it is. This seems to foretell the overturnings of the Jewish nation to the present day, and the troubles of states and kingdoms, which shall make way for establishing the Messiah's kingdom throughout the earth. The…

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Ezekiel 21:26 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

כֹּ֤הkohthusH3541
אָמַר֙'a.Marhe saysH559
אֲדֹנָ֣י'a.do.Nai[the] LordH136
יְהוִ֔הYah.wehYahwehH3069
הָסִיר֙ha.Sirto removeH5493
הַמִּצְנֶ֔פֶתha.mitz.Ne.fetthe turbanH4701
וְהָרִ֖יםve.ha.Rimand to lift offH7311
הָֽעֲטָרָ֑הha.'a.ta.Rahthe crownH5850
זֹ֣אתzotthisH2063
לֹא\־lo'-notH3808
זֹ֔אתZotthisH2063
הַשָּׁפָ֣לָהha.sha.Fa.lahthe lowlyH8217
הַגְבֵּ֔הַhag.Be.haexaltH1361
וְהַגָּבֹ֖הַve.ha.ga.Vo.haand the exaltedH1364
הַשְׁפִּֽיל\׃hash.Pilto bring lowH8213

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Cross references for Ezekiel 21:26

  • Ezekiel 17:24

    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

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

  • Jeremiah 13:18

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

  • Jeremiah 52:31-34

    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 Evil–merodach 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, And spake kindly unto him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon, And changed his prison garments: and he did continually eat bread before him all the days of his life. 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 52:9-11

    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. And the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes: he slew also all the princes of Judah in Riblah. Then he put out the eyes of Zedekiah; and the king of Babylon bound him in chains, and carried him to Babylon, and put him in prison till the day of his death.

  • Ezekiel 16:12

    And I put a jewel on thy forehead, and earrings in thine ears, and a beautiful crown upon thine head.

  • Luke 1:52

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

  • 2 Kings 25:6

    So they took the king, and brought him up to the king of Babylon to Riblah; and they gave judgment upon him.

  • Lamentations 5:16

    The crown is fallen from our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned!

  • Jeremiah 39:6-7

    Then the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah in Riblah before his eyes: also the king of Babylon slew all the nobles of Judah. Moreover he put out Zedekiah’s eyes, and bound him with chains, to carry him to Babylon.

  • Psalms 113:7-8

    He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth the needy out of the dunghill; That he may set him with princes, even with the princes of his people.

  • 1 Samuel 2:7-8

    The Lord maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up. He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the Lord’s, and he hath set the world upon them.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Remove.
12:12,13; 16:12; 2Ki 25:6,27; Jer 13:18; 39:6,7; 52:9-11,31-34
La 5:16
exalt.
17:24; 1Sa 2:7,8; Ps 75:7; 113:7,8; Lu 1:52

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Context

  • Ezekiel 21:25

    And thou, profane wicked prince of Israel, whose day is come, when iniquity shall have an end,

  • 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.

  • Ezekiel 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.

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Ezekiel 21:26 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Así ha dicho el Señor Jehová: Depón la tiara, quita la corona: ésta no será más ésta: al bajo alzaré, y al alto abatiré.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Car le roi de Babylone se tient au point d’embranchement de la route, à la tête des deux chemins, pour pratiquer la divination: il secoue les flèches, il interroge les théraphim, il examine le foie.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Denn der König von Babel bleibt am Kreuzwege stehen, am Anfang der beiden Wege, um sich wahrsagen zu lassen er schüttelt die Pfeile, befragt die Teraphim, beschaut die Leber.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
hæc dicit Dominus Deus: Aufer cidarim, tolle coronam: nonne hæc est quæ humilem sublevavit, et sublimem humiliavit?