Isaiah 22
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Isaiah 22:15-25

15The Lord God of Armies said, “Go to Shebna, that steward who is in charge of the palace, and say to him:

16What are you doing here? Who authorized you to carve out a tomb for yourself here, carving your tomb on the height and cutting a resting place for yourself out of rock?

17Look, you strong man! The Lord is about to shake you violently. He will take hold of you,

18wind you up into a ball, and sling you into a wide land. There you will die, and there your glorious chariots will be — a disgrace to the house of your lord.

19I will remove you from your office; you will be ousted from your position.

20“On that day I will call for my servant, Eliakim son of Hilkiah.

21I will clothe him with your robe and tie your sash around him. I will hand your authority over to him, and he will be like a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem and to the house of Judah.

22I will place the key of the house of David on his shoulder; what he opens, no one can close; what he closes, no one can open.

23I will drive him, like a peg, into a firm place. He will be a throne of honor for his father’s family.

24They will hang on him all the glory of his father’s family: the descendants and the offshoots — all the small vessels, from bowls to every kind of jar.

25On that day” — the declaration of the Lord of Armies — “the peg that was driven into a firm place will give way, be cut off, and fall, and the load on it will be destroyed.” Indeed, the Lord has spoken.

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