Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Say unto the king and to the queen, Humble yourselves, sit down: for your principalities shall come down, even the crown of your glory.
General references
Bible References
Humble
Exodus 10:3
So Moses and Aaron came to Pharaoh and told him, "Thus says the Lord, the God of the Hebrews: 'How long do you refuse to humble yourself before me? Release my people so that they may serve me!
2 Chronicles 33:12
In his pain Manasseh asked the Lord his God for mercy and truly humbled himself before the God of his ancestors.
Matthew 18:4
Whoever then humbles himself like this little child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
James 4:10
Humble yourselves before the Lord and he will exalt you.
1 Peter 5:6
And God will exalt you in due time, if you humble yourselves under his mighty hand
Sit
Isaiah 3:26
Her gates will mourn and lament; deprived of her people, she will sit on the ground.
Isaiah 47:1
"Fall down! Sit in the dirt, O virgin daughter Babylon! Sit on the ground, not on a throne, O daughter of the Babylonians! Indeed, you will no longer be called delicate and pampered.
Lamentations 2:10
(Yod) The elders of Daughter Zion sit on the ground in silence. They have thrown dirt on their heads; They have dressed in sackcloth. Jerusalem's young women stare down at the ground.
General references
Isaiah 66:21
And I will choose some of them as priests and Levites," says the Lord.
Jeremiah 17:20
As you stand in those places announce, 'Listen, all you people who pass through these gates. Listen, all you kings of Judah, all you people of Judah and all you citizens of Jerusalem. Listen to what the Lord says.
Jeremiah 21:11
The Lord told me to say to the royal court of Judah, "Listen to what the Lord says,
Ezekiel 34:7
"'Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the Lord: