Isaiah 22
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Isaiah 22:15-24

15For the Lord God of hosts says this, “Go to this [contemptible] steward, To Shebna, who is in charge of the royal household [but is building himself a tomb worthy of a king, and say to him],

16‘What business do you have here? And whom do you have here, That you have hewn out a tomb here for yourself, You who hew a sepulcher on the height, You who carve a resting place for yourself in the rock?

17Listen carefully, the Lord is about to hurl you away violently, O man; And He is about to grasp you firmly

18And roll you up tightly like a ball And toss you into a vast country; There you will die And there your splendid chariots will be, You shame of your master’s house.’

19I will depose you from your office, And you will be pulled down from your position [of importance].

20Then it will come to pass in that day That I will summon My servant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah.

21And I will clothe him with your tunic [of distinction] And tie your sash securely around him. I will entrust him with your authority; He will become a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem and to the house of Judah.

22Then I will set on his shoulder the key of the house of David; When he opens no one will shut, When he shuts no one will open.

23I will drive him like a peg in a firm place, And he will become a throne of honor and glory to his father’s house.

24So they will hang on him all the honor and glory [the complete responsibility] of his father’s house, offspring and issue [of the family, high and low], all the least of the articles, from the bowls to all the jars.

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