A Pronouncement against Shebna

¹⁵ The Lord God of Armies said, “Go to Shebna,^(A) that steward who is in charge of the palace, and say to him: ¹⁶ What are you doing here? Who authorized you to carve out a tomb for yourself here, carving your tomb on the height and cutting a resting place for yourself out of rock?^{(B) 17} Look, you strong man! The Lord is about to shake you violently. He will take hold of you, ¹⁸ wind you up into a ball, and sling you into a wide land.^[a] There you will die, and there your glorious chariots will be—a disgrace to the house of your lord. ¹⁹ I will remove you from your office; you will be ousted from your position.

²⁵ On that day”—the declaration of the Lord of Armies—“the peg that was driven into a firm place will give way, be cut off, and fall, and the load on it will be destroyed.” Indeed, the Lord has spoken.