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Ezekiel 21:24-26
New English Translation
Ezekiel 21:24-26
New English Translation
24 “Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: ‘Because you have brought up[a] your own guilt by uncovering your transgressions and revealing your sins through all your actions, for this reason you will be taken by force.[b]
25 “‘As for you, profane and wicked prince of Israel,[c]
whose day has come, the time of final punishment,
26 this is what the Sovereign Lord says:
Tear off the turban;[d]
take off the crown!
Things must change.[e]
Exalt the lowly;
bring low the exalted![f]
Footnotes
- Ezekiel 21:24 tn Heb “caused to be remembered.”
- Ezekiel 21:24 tn Heb “Because you have brought to remembrance your guilt when your transgressions are uncovered so that your sins are revealed in all your deeds—because you are remembered, by the hand you will be seized.”
- Ezekiel 21:25 tn This probably refers to King Zedekiah.
- Ezekiel 21:26 tn Elsewhere in the Bible the turban is worn by priests (Exod 28:4, 37, 39; 29:6; 39:28, 31; Lev 8:9; 16:4), but here a royal crown is in view.
- Ezekiel 21:26 tn Heb “This not this.”
- Ezekiel 21:26 tn Heb “the high one.”
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