Isaiah 22
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New American Standard Bible 1995

Isaiah 22:15-20

15Thus says the Lord 1God of hosts, “Come, go to this steward, To 2Shebna, who is in charge of the royal household,16‘What right do you have here, And whom do you have here, That you have 3hewn a tomb for yourself here, You who hew a tomb on the height, You who carve a resting place for 4yourself in the rock?17Behold, the Lord is about to hurl you headlong, O man. And He is about to grasp you firmly18And roll you tightly like a ball, To be 5cast into a vast country; There you will die And there your splendid chariots will be, You shame of your master’s house.’19I will 6depose you from your office, And 7I will pull you down from your station.20Then it will come about in that day, That I will summon My servant 8Eliakim the son of Hilkiah,

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Notes

  1. 1. Isaiah 22:15 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord ↩
  2. 2. Isaiah 22:15 2 Kin 18:18, 26, 37; Is 36:3, 11, 22; 37:2 ↩
  3. 3. Isaiah 22:16 2 Sam 18:18; 2 Chr 16:14; Matt 27:60 ↩
  4. 4. Isaiah 22:16 Lit himself ↩
  5. 5. Isaiah 22:18 Job 18:18; Is 17:13 ↩
  6. 6. Isaiah 22:19 Job 40:11, 12; Ezek 17:24 ↩
  7. 7. Isaiah 22:19 So with many ancient versions; Heb He ↩
  8. 8. Isaiah 22:20 2 Kin 18:18; Is 36:3, 22; 37:2 ↩

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