Isaiah 22:15-25

New American Standard Bible 1995

“Come, go to this steward,
To ^(A)Shebna, who is in charge of the royal household,
¹⁶ ‘What right do you have here,
And whom do you have here,
That you have ^(B)hewn a tomb for yourself here,
You who hew a tomb on the height,
You who carve a resting place for ^[b]yourself in the rock?
¹⁷ ‘Behold, the Lord is about to hurl you headlong, O man.
And He is about to grasp you firmly
¹⁸ And roll you tightly like a ball,
To be ^(C)cast into a vast country;
There you will die
And there your splendid chariots will be,
You shame of your master’s house.’
¹⁹ “I will ^(D)depose you from your office,
And ^[c]I will pull you down from your station.
²⁰ “Then it will come about in that day,
That I will summon My servant ^(E)Eliakim the son of Hilkiah,
²¹ And I will clothe him with your tunic
And tie your sash securely about him.
I will entrust him with your ^[d]authority,
And he will become a ^(F)father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem and to the house of Judah.
²² “Then I will set ^(G)the key of the ^(H)house of David on his shoulder,
When he opens no one will shut,
When he shuts no one will ^(I)open.
²³ “I will drive him like a ^(J)peg in a firm place,
And he will become a ^(K)throne of glory to his father’s house.