You have put an end to his splendor And cast his throne to the ground.
Parallel translations
- WEB You have ended his splendor, and thrown his throne down to the ground.
- KJV Thou hast made his glory to cease, and cast 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.
- 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 the gold has become dim! The most pure gold has changed! The stones of the sanctuary are poured out at the head of every street.
- 1 Kgs 12:16–20When all Israel saw that the king didn’t listen to them, the people answered the king, saying, “What portion have we in David? We don’t have an inheritance in the son of Jesse. To your tents, Israel! Now see to your own house, David.” So Israel departed to their tents.
- Dan 7:20–25and concerning the ten horns that were on its head, and the other horn which came up, and before which three fell, even that horn that had eyes, and a mouth that spoke great things, whose look was more stout than its fellows.
- 1 Sam 4:21–22She named the child Ichabod, saying, “The glory has departed from Israel”; because God’s ark was taken, and because of her father-in-law and her husband.
- Ps 89:39You have renounced the covenant of your servant. You have defiled his crown in the dust.
- 2 Th 2:3–10Let no one deceive you in any way. For it will not be, unless the departure comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of destruction,
- 1 Kgs 14:25–28In the fifth year of king Rehoboam, Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem,
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