Ezekiel 21:26 - Revised 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 abase that which is high. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Thus says the Lord God: Remove the [high priest's] miter or headband and take off the [king's] crown; things shall not remain as they have been; the low is to be exalted and the high is to be brought low. American Standard Version (1901) 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. Common English Bible this is what the LORD God says: Remove the turban, take off the crown! Nothing will be as it was. Bring down the exalted, and exalt the lowly. Catholic Public Domain Version Thus says the Lord God: Take away the diadem, remove the crown. Is this not what has exalted the lowly one, and brought low the sublime one? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version 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? |
And in the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, Evil-merodach king of Babylon, in the year that he began to reign, graciously freed Jehoiachin king of Judah from prison;
Then they captured the king, and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah, who passed sentence upon him.
but it is God who executes judgment, putting down one and lifting up another.
for riches do not last for ever; and does a crown endure to all generations?
Stand fast in your enchantments and your many sorceries, with which you have labored from your youth; perhaps you may be able to succeed, perhaps you may inspire terror.
Say to the king and the queen mother: “Take a lowly seat, for your beautiful crown has come down from your head.”
And I put a ring on your nose, and earrings in your ears, and a beautiful crown upon your head.
And all the trees of the field shall know that I the Lord bring low the high tree, and make high the low tree, dry up the green tree, and make the dry tree flourish. I the Lord have spoken, and I will do it.”
he has put down the mighty from their thrones, and exalted those of low degree;
And the man Micah had a shrine, and he made an ephod and teraphim, and installed one of his sons, who became his priest.