This is what the Lord GOD says: 'Remove the turban, and take off the crown. Things will not remain as they are: Exalt the lowly and bring low the exalted. Cross References James 4:10 Humble yourselves before the Lord, and He will exalt you. Psalm 75:7 but it is God who judges; He brings down one and exalts another. Proverbs 27:24 for riches are not forever, nor does a crown endure to every generation. Jeremiah 13:18 Say to the king and to the queen mother: "Take a lowly seat, for your glorious crowns have fallen from your heads." Ezekiel 16:12 I put a ring in your nose, earrings on your ears, and a beautiful crown upon your head. Ezekiel 17:24 Then all the trees of the field will know that I am the LORD. I bring the tall tree down and make the low tree tall. I dry up the green tree and make the withered tree flourish. I, the LORD, have spoken, and I have done it.'" Treasury of Scripture Thus said 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. Remove Ezekiel 12:12,13 Ezekiel 16:12 2 Kings 25:6,27 exalt Ezekiel 17:24 1 Samuel 2:7,8 Psalm 75:7 |