Isaiah 22:15-25

New Living Translation

A Message for Shebna

¹⁵This is what the Lord, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, said to me: “Confront Shebna, the palace administrator, and give him this message:

¹⁶“Who do you think you are,
    and what are you doing here,
building a beautiful tomb for yourself—
    a monument high up in the rock?
¹⁷For the Lord is about to hurl you away, mighty man.
    He is going to grab you,
¹⁸crumple you into a ball,
    and toss you away into a distant, barren land.
There you will die,
    and your glorious chariots will be broken and useless.
    You are a disgrace to your master!

¹⁹“Yes, I will drive you out of office,” says the Lord. “I will pull you down from your high position. ²⁰And then I will call my servant Eliakim son of Hilkiah to replace you. ²¹I will dress him in your royal robes and will give him your title and your authority. And he will be a father to the people of Jerusalem and Judah. ²²I will give him the key to the house of David—the highest position in the royal court. When he opens doors, no one will be able to close them; when he closes doors, no one will be able to open them. ²³He will bring honor to his family name, for I will drive him firmly in place like a nail in the wall. ²⁴They will give him great responsibility, and he will bring honor to even the lowliest members of his family.^[a]”

²⁵But the Lord of Heaven’s Armies also says: “The time will come when I will pull out the nail that seemed so firm. It will come out and fall to the ground. Everything it supports will fall with it. I, the Lord, have spoken!”

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Footnotes

22:24 Hebrew They will hang on him all the glory of his father’s house: its offspring and offshoots, all its lesser vessels, from the bowls to all the jars.

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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