Isaiah 22:23

Translations

Modern

I will drive him like a peg into a firm place, and he will be a throne of glory for the house of his father.

Traditional

And I will fasten him as a nail in a sure place; and he shall be for a glorious throne to his father’s house.

Literal

And I will fasten him like a peg in a place that is firm, and he will become as a throne of glory to the house of his father.

Latin

Et figam illum paxillum in loco fideli, et erit in solium gloriæ domui patris ejus.

Original

Hebrew

English

I will drive him like a peg into a firm place, and he will be a throne of glory for the house of his father.

Notes

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.

Theme notes and profiles

Isaiah Messages Against the Nations Salvation in Isaiah

Events

Prophecies of Isaiahc. 759 BC

Related verses

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But now, for a brief moment, grace has come from the LORD our God to preserve for us a remnant and to give us a stake in His holy place. Even in our bondage, our God has given us new life and light to our eyes.
Zechariah 10:4
The cornerstone will come from Judah, the tent peg from him, as well as the battle bow and every ruler together.
1 Samuel 2:8
He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap. He seats them among princes and bestows on them a throne of honor. For the foundations of the earth are the LORD’s, and upon them He has set the world.
Luke 22:29–30
And I bestow on you a kingdom, just as My Father has bestowed one on Me,
Ecclesiastes 12:11
The words of the wise are like goads, and the anthologies of the masters are like firmly embedded nails driven by a single Shepherd.
Revelation 3:21
To the one who overcomes, I will grant the right to sit with Me on My throne, just as I overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne.
Esther 4:14
For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and your father’s house will perish. And who knows if perhaps you have come to the kingdom for such a time as this?”
Genesis 45:9–13
Now return quickly to my father and tell him, ‘This is what your son Joseph says: God has made me lord of all Egypt. Come down to me without delay.
Esther 10:3
For Mordecai the Jew was second only to King Xerxes, preeminent among the Jews and highly favored by his many kinsmen, seeking the good of his people and speaking peace to all his countrymen.

Glossary

Book of Habakkuk Book of Jeremiah Isaiah, Book of Shebna

Topics

David: King of Israel: Prophecies Concerning Him and his Kingdom Houses: Custom of Fastening Nails, in Walls of, Alluded To Nail: Figurative Walls of Houses: had Nails or Pegs Fastened Into Them when Built

Isaiah 22:23

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