THEOSISEphraem the Syrian
I will remove your turban and your crown, preventing you from entering the temple for the priestly service. I will exalt the humble one, Jesus son of Josedech, while I will bring low the high one, meaning Sadok.
Ezekiel 21:26Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
Thus saith the Lord God: Remove the diadem, take off the crown: is it not this that hath exalted the low one, and brought down him that was high?
כִּֽי־עָמַ֨ד מֶלֶךְ־בָּבֶ֜ל אֶל־אֵ֣ם הַדֶּ֗רֶךְ בְּרֹ֛אשׁ שְׁנֵ֥י הַדְּרָכִ֖ים לִקְסָם־קָ֑סֶם קִלְקַ֤ל בַּֽחִצִּים֙ שָׁאַ֣ל בַּתְּרָפִ֔ים רָאָ֖ה בַּכָּבֵֽד׃
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Theodoret of Cyrus
You, O priest, have lost your priestly garments due to your sins; and you, O king, have lost your crown through your wicked deeds. Thus, let both this authority and the other relinquish their tokens, for this siege is unlike any previous one; your reign has ended. The Prophet elaborates: You have brought down the proud and lifted up the humble through injustice, employing wrongdoing in your actions; you have brought low the lofty by righteousness and raised the lowly through your unrighteous words, disregarding justice. Therefore, the Lord declares:
Cross references
Passages read together with this verse.
- Ezek 17:24And all the trees of the country shall know that I the Lord have brought down the high tree, and exalted the low tree: and have dried up the green tree, and have caused the dry tree to flourish. I the Lord have spoken and have done it.
- Ps 75 (74):7
- Jer 52:31And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Joachin king of Juda, in the twelfth month, the five and twentieth day of the month, that Evilmerodach king of Babylon, in the first year of his reign, lifted up the head of Joachin king of Juda, and brought him forth out of prison.
- Jer 52:34And for his diet a continual provision was allowed him by the king of Babylon, every day a portion, until the day of his death, all the days of his life.
- Jer 13:18Say to the king, and to the queen: Humble yourselves, sit down: for the crown of your glory is come down from your head.
- Luke 1:52He hath put down the mighty from their seat and hath exalted the humble.
- Jer 52:9And when they had taken the king, they carried him to the king of Babylon to Reblatha, which is in the land of Emath: and he gave judgment upon him.
- Jer 52:11And he put out the eyes of Sedecias, and bound him with fetters, and the king of Babylon brought him into Babylon, and he put him in prison till the day of his death.