Isaiah 22:18

Isaiah 22:18 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)He will surely violently turn and toss thee like a ball into a large country: there shalt thou die, and there the chariots of thy glory shall be the shame of thy lord’s house.
• New International Version (NIV)He will roll you up tightly like a ball and throw you into a large country. There you will die and there the chariots you were so proud of will become a disgrace to your master’s house.
• English Standard Version (ESV)and whirl you around and around, and throw you like a ball into a wide land. There you shall die, and there shall be your glorious chariots, you shame of your master's house.
• New King James Version (NKJV)He will surely turn violently and toss you like a ball Into a large country; There you shall die, and there your glorious chariots Shall be the shame of your master’s house.

Context of Isaiah 22:18

16Say to him, “You should not be here in the palace. You have cut a grave in the rock here for yourself, but you do not have the authority to do that! You have made a beautiful grave high up on the hill, as if you belong with the kings. 17But look! The Lord will catch you and he will throw you out! You are just a man. He will take hold of you with all his strength. He will hold you in his hand like a ball and he will throw you far away. You will die in that large, open country. Your great chariots will be useless there with you. You have brought shame to your master's family.” 19I will remove you from your job. You will no longer be an important officer in the palace. 20At that time, I will call my servant Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah, to come.

Isaiah 22:18 word by word

צָנ֤וֹף יִצְנָפְךָ֙ צְנֵפָ֔ה כַּדּ֕וּר אֶל־אֶ֖רֶץ רַחֲבַ֣ת יָדָ֑יִם שָׁ֣מָּה תָמ֗וּת וְשָׁ֙מָּה֙ מַרְכְּב֣וֹת כְּבוֹדֶ֔ךָ קְל֖וֹן בֵּ֥ית אֲדֹנֶֽיךָ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• He will surelyצָנַףtsânaph · to wrapH6801
• and tossצְנֵפָהtsenêphâh · tossH6802
• a ballכַּדּוּרdûr · ballH1754
• into a largeיָדyâd · hand: spaciousH3027
• into a largeרָחָבrâchâb · broad: wideH7342
• countryאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• there shalt thou dieמוּתmûth · to dieH4191
• and there the chariotsמֶרְכָּבָהmerkâbâh · chariotH4818
• of thy gloryכָּבוֹדkâbôd kâbôd · gloryH3519
• the shameקָלוֹןqâlôn · dishonorH7036
• of thy lord’sאָדוֹן'âdôn 'âdôn · lordH113
• houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: palaceH1004

Cross-references for Isaiah 22:18

• Isaiah 17:13But it does not matter how much noise they make. Those people may roar like powerful waves, but the Lord will shout at them to stop. Then they will run far away! They will run like the wind as it blows chaff across the hills. It will be like a strong storm that carries away dead weeds!
• Amos 7:17The Lord says this to you, Amaziah: “Your wife will work as a prostitute in the streets. Your sons and daughters will die in war. Enemies will measure your land into separate pieces and they will give it to others. They will take your people away from here as prisoners to a foreign country. And that is where they will die.” ’

Commentaries on Isaiah 22:18

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 18He will surely violently turn - Lowth has well expressed the sense of this: He will whirl thee round and round, and cast thee away. Thus it refers to the action of throwing a stone with a “sling,” when the sling is whirled round and round several times before the string is let go, in order to increase the velocity of the stone. The idea is here, that God designed to cast him into a distant land, and that he would give such an “impulse” to him that he…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 15-25Verses 15-25 This message to Shebna is a reproof of his pride, vanity, and security; what vanity is all earthly grandeur, which death will so soon end! What will it avail, whether we are laid in a magnificent tomb, or covered with the green sod? Those who, when in power, turn and toss others, will be justly turned and tossed themselves. Eliakim should be put into Shebna's place. Those called to places of trust and power, should seek to God for grace to…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 18sling you into a wide land: Shebna would not find a resting place or have a memorial (compare Isaiah 14:11–20). your glorious chariots: In his high position, Shebna lived in luxury.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1818. violently turn and toss--literally, "whirling He will whirl thee," that is, He will, without intermission, whirl thee [Maurer]. "He will whirl thee round and round, and (then) cast thee away," as a stone in a sling is first whirled round repeatedly, before the string is let go [Lowth]. large country--perhaps Assyria. chariots ... shall be the shame of thy lord's house--rather, "thy splendid chariots shall be there, O thou disgrace of thy lord's house"…Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 22:18

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• Shebna (Shebnah)

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Commentaries on Isaiah 22

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings