“As for you!
Vile!
Wicked prince
Of Israel!
Your day has come!
The time
Of final punishment!
Thus says Yahweh God!
‘Remove the turban!
Take off the crown!
Things shall not remain
As they are!
Exalt
That which is low!
Abase
That which is high!
A ruin!
A ruin!
A ruin!
I will make it!
Such has never occurred!
Until he comes
Whose right it is.
To him
I will give it.’”
Yahweh then turned to the wicked vile prince of Jerusalem. The day had come for the time of his final punishment. The king of Judah was going to remove his turban and take off his crown. Things were about to change. The lowly would be exalted, while the high people would be put to shame. Everything would be ruined. It would be like it never was or will be again until the right one comes along.
Eugene Finnegan Bible Project 