25. “ ‘You unclean and evil leader of Israel, you will be killed! The time of your final punishment has come.
26. This is what the Lord God says: Take off the royal turban, and remove the crown. Things will change. Those who are important now will be made unimportant, and those who are unimportant now will be made important.
27. A ruin! A ruin! I will make it a ruin! This place will not be rebuilt until the one comes who has a right to be king. Then I will give him that right.’
28. “And you, human, prophesy and say: ‘This is what the Lord God says about the people of Ammon and their insults:A sword, a swordis pulled out of its holder.It is polished to kill and destroy,to flash like lightning!