Matthew Poole and continuators on Ezekiel 21:26

26 Thus saith the Lord GOD, Remove the diadem and take off the crown : this shall not be the same , exalt him that is low , and abase him that is high .

Either God speaks to the Prophet to declare the thing, or to Nebuchadnezzar to do the thing, to take away the Diadem, the Royal tire of the head, which the King did ordinarily, and dayly wear.

Which was a Royal ornament used on solemnities, and more then ordinary occasions, Or, it may be one thing in doubled expressions of the deposing of Zedekiah.

The Kingdom, and Crown shall never be what it hath been, as we say of one greatly altered, he is not himself. So here. This shall not be the same, 'twas great, glorious and flourishing but hereafter small, dependent, ignoble, and withering.

Ieconiah, 'tis probable the Prophet foretels the advance of this Captive King, which came to pass in the 37th. year of Ieconiahs Captivity in the first year of Merodach, 2 Kin. 25.27, 28.29. and Ier. 52.31. who exalted his seat above all the Captive Kings in Babylon.

Now in captivity in Babylon.

Zedekiah.

Not now on the Throne of Iudah strengthned with the Confederacy of Egypt, on which he relieth, and exalteth himself, and bears himself high against the Prophet, the King of Babylon, and which is most insolent against the God of Heaven.