Ezekiel 21:26
Old Testament • 12 words with Strong's data
"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."
Word-by-Word Analysis
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
אֱלֹהִים
ʼĕlôhîym
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of...
כֶּתֶר
kether
properly, a circlet, i.e. a diadem
לָקַח
lâqach
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
רוּם
rûwm
to be high actively, to rise or raise (in various applications, literally or figuratively)
שָׁפָל
shâphâl
depressed, literally or figuratively
שָׁפֵל
shâphêl
to depress or sink (expectation figuratively, to humiliate, intransitive or transitive)
עֶלְיוֹן
ʻelyôwn
an elevation, i.e. (adj.) lofty (compar.); as title, the Supreme
Key Terms in This Verse
שָׁפֵל shâphêl
to depress or sink (expectation figuratively, to humiliate, intransitive or transitive)
Study H8213 →רוּם rûwm
to be high actively, to rise or raise (in various applications, literally or figuratively)
Study H7311 →עֶלְיוֹן ʻelyôwn
an elevation, i.e. (adj.) lofty (compar.); as title, the Supreme
Study H5945 →Cross References
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 h...
But God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another.
Say unto the king and to the queen, Humble yourselves, sit down: for your principalities shall come down, even the crown of your glory.
And I put a jewel on thy forehead, and earrings in thine ears, and a beautiful crown upon thine head.
He hath put down the mighty from their seats, and exalted them of low degree.
And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, that Evilmerodach king of Babylon i...
So they took the king, and brought him up to the king of Babylon to Riblah; and they gave judgment upon him.
The crown is fallen from our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned!
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