26 Thus saith the Lord God, I will take away the [a]diadem, and take off the crown: this shall be no more the same: I will exalt the humble, and will abase him that is high.

27 I will overturn, overturn, overturn it, and it shall be no more until he [b]come, whose right it is, and I will give it him.

28 ¶ And thou, son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus saith the Lord God to the children of Ammon, and to their blasphemy: say thou, I say, The sword, the sword is drawn forth and furbished to the slaughter, to consume, because of the glittering,

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 21:26 Some refer this to the Priest’s attire: for Jehozadak the Priest went into captivity with the king.
  2. Ezekiel 21:27 That is, unto the coming of Messiah: for though the Jews had some sign of government afterward under the Persians, Greeks and Romans, yet this restitution was not till Christ’s coming, and at length should be accomplished, as was promised, Gen. 49:10.

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