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 “O you corrupt and wicked prince of Israel, your final day of reckoning is here! 26 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.
27 Destruction! Destruction!
    I will surely destroy the kingdom.
And it will not be restored until the one appears
    who has the right to judge it.
Then I will hand it over to him.

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