Keraia
Isaiah 22

Isaiah 22:20

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

Modern
On that day I will summon My servant, Eliakim son of Hilkiah.
Traditional
And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will call my servant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah:
Literal
And it will be on that day, I will call My servant Eliakim son of Hilkiah,
Latin
Et erit in die illa: vocabo servum meum Eliacim, filium Helciæ,

Original

Hebrew
English
On that day I will summon My servant, Eliakim son of Hilkiah.

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

People

Eliakim: Palace administrator under King Hezekiah Hilkiah: An official during King Hezekiah's reign

Glossary

Book of Jeremiah Hilkiah Isaiah, Book of Shebna

Topics

David: King of Israel: Prophecies Concerning Him and his Kingdom Hilkiah: officer of Hezekiah Types of Christ: Eliakim Types of the Saviour: Eliakim