Isaiah 22:15-25

New King James Version

The Judgment on Shebna

¹⁵Thus says the Lord God of hosts:

“Go, proceed to this steward,
To ^(A)Shebna, who is over the house, and say:
¹⁶‘What have you here, and whom have you here,
That you have hewn a sepulcher here,
As he ^(B)who hews himself a sepulcher on high,
Who carves a tomb for himself in a rock?
¹⁷Indeed, the Lord will throw you away violently,
O mighty man,
^(C)And will surely seize you.
¹⁸He will surely turn violently and toss you like a ball
Into a large country;
There you shall die, and there ^(D)your glorious chariots
Shall be the shame of your master’s house.
¹⁹So I will drive you out of your office,
And from your position ^[a]he will pull you down.

²⁰‘Then it shall be in that day,
That I will call My servant ^(E)Eliakim the son of Hilkiah;
²¹I will clothe him with your robe
And strengthen him with your belt;
I will commit your responsibility into his hand.
He shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem
And to the house of Judah.
²²The key of the house of David
I will lay on his ^(F)shoulder;
So he shall ^(G)open, and no one shall shut;
And he shall shut, and no one shall open.
²³I will fasten him as ^(H)a peg in a secure place,
And he will become a glorious throne to his father’s house.

²⁴‘They will hang on him all the glory of his father’s house, the offspring and the posterity, all vessels of small quantity, from the cups to all the pitchers. ²⁵In that day,’ says the Lord of hosts, ‘the peg that is fastened in the secure place will be removed and be cut down and fall, and the burden that was on it will be cut off; for the Lord has spoken.’ ”

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Footnotes

Isaiah 22:19 LXX omits he will pull you down; Syr., Tg., Vg. I will pull you down

Isaiah 22:15-25

New International Version

¹⁵This is what the Lord, the Lord Almighty, says:

“Go, say to this steward,
    to Shebna^(A) the palace^(B) administrator:^(C)
¹⁶What are you doing here and who gave you permission
    to cut out a grave^(D) for yourself^(E) here,
hewing your grave on the height
    and chiseling your resting place in the rock?

¹⁷“Beware, the Lord is about to take firm hold of you
    and hurl^(F) you away, you mighty man.
¹⁸He will roll you up tightly like a ball
    and throw^(G) you into a large country.
There you will die
    and there the chariots^(H) you were so proud of
    will become a disgrace to your master’s house.
¹⁹I will depose you from your office,
    and you will be ousted^(I) from your position.^(J)

²⁰“In that day^(K) I will summon my servant,^(L) Eliakim^(M) son of Hilkiah. ²¹I will clothe him with your robe and fasten your sash^(N) around him and hand your authority^(O) over to him. He will be a father to those who live in Jerusalem and to the people of Judah. ²²I will place on his shoulder^(P) the key^(Q) to the house of David;^(R) what he opens no one can shut, and what he shuts no one can open.^(S) ²³I will drive him like a peg^(T) into a firm place;^(U) he will become a seat^[a] of honor^(V) for the house of his father. ²⁴All the glory of his family will hang on him: its offspring and offshoots—all its lesser vessels, from the bowls to all the jars.

²⁵“In that day,^(W)” declares the Lord Almighty, “the peg^(X) driven into the firm place will give way; it will be sheared off and will fall, and the load hanging on it will be cut down.” The Lord has spoken.^(Y)

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