25 And you, profane and wicked prince of Israel,[a](A) the day has come(B) for your punishment.[b]

26 “This is what the Lord God says:

Remove the turban, and take off the crown.
Things will not remain as they are;[c]
exalt the lowly and bring down the exalted.(C)
27 A ruin, a ruin,
I will make it a ruin!
Yet this will not happen
until he comes;(D)
I have given the judgment to him.[d]

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Footnotes

  1. 21:25 = King Zedekiah
  2. 21:25 Lit come in the time of the punishment of the end, also in v. 29
  3. 21:26 Lit This not this
  4. 21:27 Or comes to whom it rightfully belongs, and I will give it to him

25 And you, O profane[a] (A)wicked one, prince of Israel, (B)whose day has come, (C)the time of your final punishment, 26 thus says the Lord God: Remove the turban and take off the crown. Things shall not remain as they are. (D)Exalt that which is low, and bring low that which is exalted. 27 A ruin, ruin, ruin I will make it. (E)This also shall not be, (F)until he comes, the one to whom judgment belongs, and I will give it to him.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 21:25 Or slain; also verse 29