Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version this is what the Sovereign LORD says: Take off the turban, remove the crown. It will not be as it was: The lowly will be exalted and the exalted will be brought low. New Living Translation This is what the Sovereign LORD says: “Take off your jeweled crown, for the old order changes. Now the lowly will be exalted, and the mighty will be brought down. English Standard Version thus says the Lord GOD: Remove the turban and take off the crown. Things shall not remain as they are. Exalt that which is low, and bring low that which is exalted. Berean Standard Bible 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. King James Bible 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. New King James Version thus says the Lord GOD: “Remove the turban, and take off the crown; Nothing shall remain the same. Exalt the humble, and humble the exalted. New American Standard Bible this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Remove the turban and take off the crown; this will no longer be the same. Exalt that which is low, and humble that which is high. NASB 1995 thus says the Lord GOD, ‘Remove the turban and take off the crown; this will no longer be the same. Exalt that which is low and abase that which is high. NASB 1977 thus says the Lord GOD, ‘Remove the turban, and take off the crown; this will be no more the same. Exalt that which is low, and abase that which is high. Legacy Standard Bible thus says Lord Yahweh, ‘Remove the turban and take off the crown; this will no longer be the same. Make high that which is low and make low that which is high. Amplified Bible thus says the Lord GOD, ‘Remove the turban and take off the crown; things shall not remain as they have been. Exalt that which is low and abase the high. Christian Standard Bible “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 down the exalted. Holman Christian Standard Bible 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 down the exalted. American Standard Version 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. Aramaic Bible in Plain English Thus says THE LORD OF LORDS: take the turban from you, and I shall relieve from you the crown. I shall lift up the lowly and I shall humble the high Brenton Septuagint Translation Thou hast taken off the mitre and put on the crown, it shall not have such another after it: thou hast abased that which was high, and exalted that which was low. Contemporary English Version I, the LORD God, command you to take off your royal turban and your crown, because everything will be different. Those who had no power will be put in charge, and those who now rule will become nobodies. Douay-Rheims Bible Thus saith the Lord God: Remove the diadem, take off the crown: is it not this that hath exalted the low one, and brought down him that was high? English Revised Version thus saith the Lord GOD: 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. GOD'S WORD® Translation This is what the Almighty LORD says: Take off your turban, and get rid of your crown. Things are going to change. Those who are unimportant will become important, and those who are important will become unimportant. Good News Translation I, the Sovereign LORD, have spoken. Take off your crown and your turban. Nothing will be the same again. Raise the poor to power! Bring down those who are ruling! International Standard Version This is what the Lord GOD says: 'Remove your turban! Take off your crown! Things aren't going to remain as they used to be. What is lowly will be exalted, and what is lofty will be brought low. JPS Tanakh 1917 thus saith the Lord GOD: The mitre shall be removed, and the crown taken off; this shall be no more the same: that which is low shall be exalted, and that which is high abased. Literal Standard Version Thus said Lord YHWH: Turn aside the turban, and carry away the crown, | This—not this—make high the low, | And make low the high. Majority Standard Bible 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. New American Bible Thus says the Lord GOD: Off with the turban and away with the crown! Nothing shall be as it was! Exalt the lowly and bring the exalted low! NET Bible this is what the sovereign LORD says: Tear off the turban, take off the crown! Things must change! Exalt the lowly, bring down the proud! New Revised Standard Version thus says the Lord GOD: Remove the turban, take off the crown; things shall not remain as they are. Exalt that which is low, abase that which is high. New Heart English Bible thus says the Lord GOD: "Remove the turban, and take off the crown; this shall be no more the same; exalt that which is low, and abase that which is high." Webster's Bible Translation 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. World English Bible the Lord Yahweh 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. Young's Literal Translation Thus 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. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The LORD's Sword of Judgment…25And you, O profane and wicked prince of Israel, the day has come for your final punishment.’ 26This 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. 27A ruin, a ruin, I will make it a ruin! And it will not be restored until the arrival of Him to whom it belongs, to whom I have assigned the right of judgment.’… Cross References James 4:10 Humble yourselves before the Lord, and He will exalt you. Psalm 75:7 but it is God who judges; He brings down one and exalts another. Proverbs 27:24 for riches are not forever, nor does a crown endure to every generation. Jeremiah 13:18 Say to the king and to the queen mother: "Take a lowly seat, for your glorious crowns have fallen from your heads." Ezekiel 16:12 I put a ring in your nose, earrings on your ears, and a beautiful crown upon your head. Ezekiel 17:24 Then all the trees of the field will know that I am the LORD. I bring the tall tree down and make the low tree tall. I dry up the green tree and make the withered tree flourish. I, the LORD, have spoken, and I have done it.'" Treasury of Scripture Thus said 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. Remove Ezekiel 12:12,13 And the prince that is among them shall bear upon his shoulder in the twilight, and shall go forth: they shall dig through the wall to carry out thereby: he shall cover his face, that he see not the ground with his eyes… Ezekiel 16:12 And I put a jewel on thy forehead, and earrings in thine ears, and a beautiful crown upon thine head. 2 Kings 25:6,27 So they took the king, and brought him up to the king of Babylon to Riblah; and they gave judgment upon him… exalt 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. 1 Samuel 2:7,8 The LORD maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up… Psalm 75:7 But God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another. Jump to Previous Abase Abased Crown Diadem Exalt Exalted Head-Dress High Holy Lifted Low Mitre Remove Removed Sovereign Turban TurnJump to Next Abase Abased Crown Diadem Exalt Exalted Head-Dress High Holy Lifted Low Mitre Remove Removed Sovereign Turban TurnEzekiel 21 1. Ezekiel prophesies against Jerusalem with a sign of sighing8. The sharp and bright sword 18. against Jerusalem 25. against the kingdom 28. and against the Ammonites (26) Remove the diadem.--The word translated "diadem" is rendered in every other place in which it occurs (Exodus 28:4; Exodus 28:37 bis, Exodus 28:39; Exodus 29:6 bis, Exodus 39:28; Exodus 39:31; Leviticus 8:9 bis, Exodus 16:4) the mitre of the high priest, and undoubtedly has the same sense here. Not only was the royal but also the high-priestly office to be overthrown in the approaching desolation. Neither of them were ever recovered in their full power after the captivity. The various verbs here, remove, take off, exalt, abase, are in the original in the infinitive, and although it is sometimes necessary to translate the infinitive as an imperative, it is better here to keep to its more common sense of indicating an action without reference to the agent which is most readily expressed in English by the passive: "The mitre shall be removed, and the crown taken off . . . the low exalted, and the high abased." . . . Verse 26. - Remove the diadem, etc. The noun is used throughout the Pentateuch (e.g., Exodus 28:4; 37:39; Leviticus 8:9; Leviticus 16:4) for the "turban" or "mitre" of the high priest, and Keil so takes it here, as pointing to the punishment of the priest as well as of the king. This shall not be the same; literally, this shall not be this; or, as the Revised Version paraphrases, this shall be no more the same; i.e. the mitre and the crown shall alike pass away - taken from their unworthy wearers. There was to be, as in the following words, a great upturning of all things; the high brought low, the lowly exalted. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew This is whatכֹּ֤ה (kōh) Adverb Strong's 3541: Like this, thus, here, now the Lord אֲדֹנָ֣י (’ă·ḏō·nāy) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 136: The Lord GOD יְהוִ֔ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel says: אָמַר֙ (’ā·mar) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 559: To utter, say ‘Remove הָסִיר֙ (hā·sîr) Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct Strong's 5493: To turn aside the turban, הַמִּצְנֶ֔פֶת (ham·miṣ·ne·p̄eṯ) Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 4701: Turban (of the high priest) and take off וְהָרִ֖ים (wə·hā·rîm) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct Strong's 7311: To be high actively, to rise, raise the crown. הָֽעֲטָרָ֑ה (hā·‘ă·ṭā·rāh) Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 5850: A crown, wreath Things זֹ֣את (zōṯ) Pronoun - feminine singular Strong's 2063: Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that, will not remain as they are: לֹא־ (lō-) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no Exalt הַגְבֵּ֔הַ (haḡ·bê·ha) Verb - Hifil - Infinitive absolute Strong's 1361: To soar, be lofty, to be haughty the lowly הַשָּׁפָ֣לָה (haš·šā·p̄ā·lāh) Article | Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 8217: Depressed and bring low וְהַגָּבֹ֖הַ (wə·hag·gā·ḇō·ha) Conjunctive waw, Article | Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 8213: To be or become low, to be abased the exalted. הַשְׁפִּֽיל׃ (haš·pîl) Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct Strong's 1364: Elevated, powerful, arrogant Links Ezekiel 21:26 NIVEzekiel 21:26 NLT Ezekiel 21:26 ESV Ezekiel 21:26 NASB Ezekiel 21:26 KJV Ezekiel 21:26 BibleApps.com Ezekiel 21:26 Biblia Paralela Ezekiel 21:26 Chinese Bible Ezekiel 21:26 French Bible Ezekiel 21:26 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Ezekiel 21:26 Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Remove (Ezek. 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