Speak to the king and his mother. Tell them,“ Come down from your thrones. Your glorious crowns are about to fall from your heads.”

“你要对君王和太后说：你们当自卑，坐在下边；因你们的头巾，就是你们的华冠，已经脱落了。

你要对君王和太后说：“你们当自卑，坐下；因你们的王冠，就是你们华美的冠冕已经掉落了。”

你要对君王和太后说：“你们当自卑，坐下；因你们的王冠，就是你们华美的冠冕已经掉落了。”

耶和华让我对君王和太后说：“从宝座上下来吧，因为你们头上华美的王冠将要掉落。”

你要对君王和太后说：“你们应从宝座下来，因为华丽的冠冕已经从你们的头上脱下来了。”

你要對君王和太后說：你們當自卑，坐在下邊；因你們的頭巾，就是你們的華冠，已經脫落了。

你要對君王和太后說：「你們當自卑，坐下；因你們的王冠，就是你們華美的冠冕已經掉落了。」

你要對君王和太后說：「你們當自卑，坐下；因你們的王冠，就是你們華美的冠冕已經掉落了。」

耶和華讓我對君王和太后說：「從寶座上下來吧，因為你們頭上華美的王冠將要掉落。」

你要對君王和太后說：“你們應從寶座下來，因為華麗的冠冕已經從你們的頭上脫下來了。”

你們要對王和太后說：『要自己謙卑，坐在下邊，因為你們美麗的華冠已從你們頭上脫落下來了。

爾其告王與太后曰、宜自卑而下坐、蓋爾頭巾、即爾華冕墜矣、

當告王與后云、卑以自牧、退居下位、蓋上帝必使爾棄其冕旒、減其容光。

當告王與后曰、爾當自卑而坐於下、爾榮美之冕、必自爾首而墮、

Say to the king and to the queen mother,“ Come down from your thrones, for your glorious crowns will fall from your heads.”

Say to the king and the queen mother:“ Take a lowly seat, for your beautiful crown has come down from your head.”

Say to the king and his mother,“ Come down from your thrones and sit in the dust, for your glorious crowns will soon be snatched from your heads.”

Say to the king and the queen mother: Take a humble seat, for your glorious crowns have fallen from your heads.

Say to the king and the queen mother,“ Take a lowly seat, For your beautiful crown Has come down from your head.”

Say to the king and to the queen mother,“ Humble yourselves; Sit down, For your rule shall collapse, the crown of your glory.”

Say thou unto the king and to the queen- mother, Humble yourselves, sit down; for your headtires are come down, even the crown of your glory.

Say to the king and the queen mother: Take a humble seat, for your glorious crowns have fallen from your heads.

Say unto the king and to the queen, Humble yourselves, sit down: for your principalities shall come down,[ even] the crown of your glory.

The LORD told me,“ Tell the king and the queen mother,‘ Surrender your thrones, for your glorious crowns will be removed from your heads.

Say to the king and to the queen mother,“ Humble yourselves. Sit down, for your crowns have come down, even the crown of your glory.

Jehoiachin, the king of Judah, handed himself over to Nebuchadnezzar. Jehoiachin’s mother did the same thing. And so did all his attendants, nobles and officials. The king of Babylon took Jehoiachin away as his prisoner. It was in the eighth year of Nebuchadnezzar’s rule.

I will throw you out into another country. I will throw your mother out. Neither of you was born in that country. But both of you will die there.

Nebuchadnezzar took Jehoiachin to Babylon as his prisoner. He also took the king’s mother from Jerusalem to Babylon. And he took Jehoiachin’s wives, his officials and the most important people of the land.

When Manasseh was in trouble, he asked the Lord his God to help him. He made himself very humble in the sight of the God of his people.

Everything about Manasseh is written in the records of the prophets. That includes his prayer and the fact that God felt sorry for him. It includes everything he did before he made himself humble in the Lord’ s sight. It includes all his sins and the fact that he wasn’t faithful to the Lord. It includes the locations where he built high places. It includes the places where he set up poles used to worship the female god named Asherah. And it includes the places where he set up statues of other gods.

The city of Zion will be very sad. Like a widow, she will lose everything. She will sit on the ground and mourn.

So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh. They said to him,“ The Lord, the God of the Hebrews, says,‘ How long will you refuse to obey me? Let my people go. Then they will be able to worship me.

Anyone who takes the humble position of this child is the most important in the kingdom of heaven.

He didn’t make himself humble in the Lord’ s sight as his father Manasseh had done. So Amon became even more guilty.

The elders of the city of Zion sit silently on the ground. They have sprinkled dust on their heads. They’ve put on the clothes of sadness. The young women of Jerusalem have bowed their heads toward the ground.

“ City of Babylon, go down and sit in the dust. Leave your throne and sit on the ground. Queen city of the Babylonians, your life will not be comfortable and easy anymore.

Jonah’s warning reached the king of Nineveh. He got up from his throne. He took off his royal robes. He also dressed himself in the clothing of sadness. And then he sat down in the dust.

Be humble in front of the Lord. And he will lift you up.

Say to Israel,“‘ You were like a mother lion to your princes. She lay down among the lions. She brought up her cubs.One of them was Jehoahaz. He became a strong lion. He learned to tear apart what he caught. And he became a man- eater.The nations heard about him. They trapped him in their pit. They put hooks in his face. And they led him away to Egypt.“‘ The mother lion looked and waited. But all her hope was gone. So she got another one of her cubs. She made him into a strong lion.He prowled with the lions. He became very strong. He learned to tear apart what he caught. And he became a man- eater.He broke down their forts. He completely destroyed their towns. The land and all those who were in it were terrified when he roared.Then nations came against him. They came from all around him. They spread out their net to catch him. He was trapped in their pit.They used hooks to pull him into a cage. They brought him to the king of Babylon. They put him in prison. So his roar was not heard anymore on the mountains of Israel.“‘ Israel, you were like a vine in a vineyard. It was planted near water. It had a lot of fruit and many branches. There was plenty of water.Its branches were strong. Each was good enough to be made into a ruler’s scepter. The vine grew high above all the leaves. It stood out because it was so tall and had so many branches.But Nebuchadnezzar became angry. He pulled it up by its roots. He threw it to the ground. The east wind dried it up. Its fruit was stripped off. Its strong branches dried up. And fire destroyed them.Now it is planted in the Babylonian desert. It is in a dry and thirsty land.One of its main branches was Zedekiah. Fire spread from it and burned up its fruit. None of its branches is good enough to be made into a ruler’s scepter.’ This is a song of sadness. And that is how it should be used.”

So make yourselves humble. Put yourselves under God’s mighty hand. Then he will honor you at the right time.