Thou hast made his glory to cease, and cast his throne down to the ground.
Parallel translations
- WEB You have ended his splendor, and thrown his throne down to the ground.
- BSB You have ended his splendor and cast his throne to the ground.
- NKJV You have made his glory cease, And cast his throne down to the ground.
- NASB You have put an end to his splendor And cast his throne to the ground.
- NLT You have ended his splendor and overturned his throne.
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Quick answer
God has ended the king's glory and cast his throne to the ground.
Overview
The royal splendor is extinguished and the throne overthrown, contradicting the earlier promise of an enduring throne (vv. 29, 36). The lament holds the promise and the present ruin together in painful tension. Only in the risen, enthroned Christ is the Davidic throne finally and unshakably restored.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 7
- Lam 4:1–2How is the gold become dim! how is the most fine gold changed! the stones of the sanctuary are poured out in the top of every street.
- 1 Kgs 12:16–20So when all Israel saw that the king hearkened not unto them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: to your tents, O Israel: now see to thine own house, David. So Israel departed unto their tents.
- Dan 7:20–25And of the ten horns that were in his head, and of the other which came up, and before whom three fell; even of that horn that had eyes, and a mouth that spake very great things, whose look was more stout than his fellows.
- 1 Sam 4:21–22And she named the child Ichabod, saying, The glory is departed from Israel: because the ark of God was taken, and because of her father in law and her husband.
- Ps 89:39Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned his crown by casting it to the ground.
- 2 Th 2:3–10Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
- 1 Kgs 14:25–28And it came to pass in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem:
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