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

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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