Ezekiel 21:26 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The third word of judgment. The king of Babylon’s march upon Judaea and upon the Ammonites. Destruction is to go forth not on Judah only, but also on such neighboring tribes as the Ammonites (compa...
Ezekiel 21:26 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Thus saith the Lord GOD; Remove the (x) diadem, and take off the crown: this [shall] not [be] the same: exalt [him that is] low, and abase [him that is] high. (x) Some refer this to the priest's att...
Ezekiel 21:26 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 20:45 to Ezekiel 21:32 . The Terrible Sword of Nebuchadrezzar. Here again, as shortly before (chs. 18f.), a piece of theological oratory is followed by a poem this time a wild irregular...
Ezekiel 21:26 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

be the same: or, endure. They might exalt and abase. but Jehovah would not recognise it.
Ezekiel 21:26 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the 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. Exalt him that is low - Give Gedaliah the go...
Ezekiel 21:26 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

This shall not be the same— This is not the same which it was; that which was humble hath exalted itself; thou, therefore, abase the exalted. This alludes to ch. Ezekiel 17:14 where it is said,...
Ezekiel 21:26 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole 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. Remove the diadem - х mitsnepet ( H4701...
Ezekiel 21:26 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

3, 4. The righteous and the wicked ] corresponding to the green tree and the dry in the parable ( Ezekiel 20:47 ). In spite of his strict theory of retribution in Ezekiel 18 , Ezekiel recognised th...
Ezekiel 21:26 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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 ; Exo...
Ezekiel 21:26 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THE SWORD UNSHEATHED Ezekiel 21:1-32 THE date at the beginning of chapter 20 introduces the fourth and last section of the prophecies delivered before the destruction of Jerusalem. It also divi...
Ezekiel 21:26 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The commission was then repeated in terms of explanation. Ezekiel was to set his face against Jerusalem, and prophesy against the land of Israel, declaring that Jehovah would draw His sword out of it...
Ezekiel 21:26 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Here the Lord speaks personally to the King of Israel, and a very awful address it is. But, what I beg the Reader more immediately to observe is, the promise of One coming, whose right the crown and...
Ezekiel 21:26 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Thus saith the Lord God, remove the diadem, and take off the crown ,.... That is, from Zedekiah; and as these are the regalia and ensigns of royal dignity, taking them off signifies the deposition o...
Ezekiel 21:26 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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. Ver. 26. Remove the diadem. ] This was a...
Ezekiel 21:26 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And thou, profane wicked prince of Israel The words are directed to Zedekiah, whom the prophet calls profane and wicked , chiefly with respect to his breaking that solemn oath, uttered in the na...
Ezekiel 21:26 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Judgments Predicted. B. C. 592. 18 The word of the L ORD came unto me again, saying,...
Ezekiel 21:26 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Either God speaks to the prophet to declare the thing, or to Nebuchadnezzar to do the thing, to take away the diadem, the royal tire of the head, which the king did ordinarily and daily wear. The cr...
Ezekiel 21:26 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

“And you, Oh wicked one marked for death (literally ‘Oh slain wicked one'), the prince of Israel whose day is come, in the time of the iniquity of the end, thus says the Lord Yahweh, ‘Remove the turb...
Ezekiel 21:26 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

EXEGETICAL NOTES.— Ezekiel 21:23-27 . Though this announcement of God’s judgments will appear to the people of Judea as a deceptive divination, yet it will surely come to pass. The prophet, however,...
Ezekiel 21:26 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ezekiel 21:2 . Son of man, set thy face toward Jerusalem, and drop thy word toward the holy places. In the Latin bibles, this chapter begins at 21:45 of the preseding, which preserves unity in the...
Ezekiel 21:26 - The Biblical Illustrator

Thus saith the Lord God; Remove the diadem, and take off the crown. The Christian philosophy of revolution The true philosophical history of man is that which reveals to us the causes and progr...
Ezekiel 21:26 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Ezekiel 21:2 , Ezekiel 21:3 The opening words, reproducing those of Ezekiel 20:46 , indicate that the interpretation of that parable is coming. So the three variants of "so...
Ezekiel 21:26 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Sword of Babylon upon Judah and upon Ammon
Ezekiel 21:26 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 2:7 ; 1 Samuel 2:8 ; 2 Kings 25:27 ; 2 Kings 25:6 ; Ezekiel 12:12 ; Ezekiel 12:13 ; Ezekiel 16:12 ; Ezekiel 17:24 ; Jeremiah 13:18 ; Jeremiah 39:6 ; Jeremiah 39:7 ; Jeremiah 52:3...
Ezekiel 21:26 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The diadem — The royal attire of the head, which the king daily wore. Shall not be the same — The kingdom shall never be what it hath been. Him that is low — Jeconiah. The advance of this captive k...

Ezekiel 21:26 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Ezekiel 21:26 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Ezekiel 21:26 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 21:26 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Ezekiel 21:26 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Ezekiel 21:26 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Ezekiel 21:26 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Ezekiel 21:26 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 21:26 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ezekiel 21:26 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Ezekiel 21:26 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Ezekiel 21:26 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Ezekiel 21:26 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Ezekiel 21:26 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Ezekiel 21:26 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ezekiel 21:26 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Ezekiel 21:26 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Ezekiel 21:26 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 21:26 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Ezekiel 21:26 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ezekiel 21:26 - The Biblical Illustrator

Ezekiel 21:26 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Ezekiel 21:26 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Ezekiel 21:26 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ezekiel 21:26 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes