Isaiah 22:15-25

Living Bible

^15-16 Furthermore, the same Lord God of the armies of heaven has told me this: Go and say to Shebna, the palace administrator: “And who do you think you are, building this beautiful sepulchre in the rock for yourself? ¹⁷ For the Lord who allowed you to be clothed so gorgeously will hurl you away, sending you into captivity, O strong man! ¹⁸ He will wad you up in his hands like a ball and toss you away into a distant, barren land; there you will die, O glorious one—you who disgrace your nation!

¹⁹ “Yes, I will drive you out of office,” says the Lord, “and pull you down from your high position. ²⁰ And then I will call my servant Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah, to replace you. ²¹ He shall have your uniform and title and authority, and he will be a father to the people of Jerusalem and all Judah. ²² I will give him responsibility over all my people; whatever he says will be done; none will be able to stop him. ^23-24 I will make of him a strong and steady peg to support my people; they will load him with responsibility, and he will be an honor to his family name.” ²⁵ But the Lord will pull out that other peg that seems to be so firmly fastened to the wall! It will come out and fall to the ground, and everything it supports will fall with it, for the Lord has spoken.