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Isaiah 22

Isaiah 22:19

A Message for Shebna · Isaiah 22:15–25
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Translations

Modern
I will remove you from office, and you will be ousted from your position.
Traditional
And I will drive thee from thy station, and from thy state shall he pull thee down.
Literal
And I will thrust you from your station, and one will throw you down from your position.
Latin
Et expellam te de statione tua, et de ministerio tuo deponam te.

Original

Hebrew
English
I will remove you from office, and you will be ousted from your position.

Notes

Isaiah 22:19–20

remove you from office: Shebna (Isaiah 22:15) was demoted to court secretary by the time of Jerusalem’s siege. Eliakim (Isaiah 22:20) was the palace administrator (36:3). Eliakim was a true servant of the Lord.

Isaiah 22:15–25

Shebna and Eliakim were two royal officials in King Hezekiah’s court (see 2 Kings 18:18; 19:2). Shebna believed the Assyrians would surely kill him. So he planned for a well-decorated burial place (Isaiah 22:16).

Although the rebuke of Shebna happened before Assyria’s siege of Jerusalem in 701 BC (see Isaiah 22:19–21; 36:3), it relates well to the warnings in 22:1–13 about the later Babylonian siege.

Isaiah 22:1–25

This message addresses the Assyrian siege of Jerusalem in 701 BC (see Isaiah 36–37; 2 Kings 18:17–19:37). It may also refer to the people's preparation for the later Babylonian siege from 588 to 586 BC.

Events

Glossary

Book of Jeremiah Isaiah, Book of Shebna

Topics

Pride: General Scriptures Concerning Shebna (Shebnah): An official of the King