thus says the Lord Yahweh: Remove the turban, and take off the crown; this will not be as it was; exalt that which is low, and abase that which is high.
⛓ Read Ezekiel 21 forward — the whole chapter and its afterlife →Where this passage surfaces again, sorted by the strength of the link. Each kind of reuse — formal quotation, deliberate allusion, faint echo, figural pattern — carries its own mark. Follow any reference to read it in place.
Echo4
A fainter, low-volume reuse, carried by recurrence or thematic coherence.
'Put down princes from their thrones... exalted the lowly' echoes Ezekiel 21:26, 'exalt that which is low, and abase that which is high.' The abase-the-high / exalt-the-low formula coheres with the inversion theme as a prophetic supporting echo.
Medium confidenceEzekiel's oracle 'exalt that which is low, and abase that which is high' supplies a prophetic form of the humbled/exalted reversal that concludes the parable. The phrasing is a recognized OT antecedent for Luke's reversal sayings (cf. also 1:52). Thematic rather than verbal-specific here.
Medium confidence"Exalt that which is low, and abase that which is high" supplies the prophetic reversal formula behind v12.
Medium confidenceThe prophetic reversal formula 'exalt that which is low, and abase that which is high' parallels the abasement/exaltation of v.11. Faint and contested — the verbal medium is closer to Proverbs, but the prophetic reversal topos adds availability for Luke's broader Magnificat-style theme.
Low confidence