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Isaiah 22:19
19I will depose you from your office, and you will be ousted from your position.
Isaiah 22:19 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And I will drive thee from thy station, and from thy state shall he pull thee down.
- English Standard Version (ESV)I will thrust you from your office, and you will be pulled down from your station.
- New King James Version (NKJV)So I will drive you out of your office, And from your position he will pull you down.
- New Living Translation (NLT)“Yes, I will drive you out of office,” says the Lord. “I will pull you down from your high position.
Context of Isaiah 22:19
17“Beware, the Lord is about to take firm hold of you and hurl you away, you mighty man. 18He 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. I will depose you from your office, and you will be ousted from your position. 20“In that day I will summon my servant, Eliakim son of Hilkiah. 21I will clothe him with your robe and fasten your sash around him and hand your authority over to him. He will be a father to those who live in Jerusalem and to the people of Judah.
Read all of Isaiah 22Isaiah 22:19 word by word
וַהֲדַפְתִּ֖יךָ מִמַּצָּבֶ֑ךָ וּמִמַּעֲמָֽדְךָ֖ יֶהֶרְסֶֽךָ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Isaiah 22:19
- Job 40:11Unleash the fury of your wrath, look at all who are proud and bring them low,
- Psalms 75:6No one from the east or the west or from the desert can exalt themselves.
- Ezekiel 17:24All the trees of the forest will know that I the Lord bring down the tall tree and make the low tree grow tall. I dry up the green tree and make the dry tree flourish. “ ‘I the Lord have spoken, and I will do it.’ ”
- Luke 1:52He has brought down rulers from their thrones but has lifted up the humble.
Commentaries on Isaiah 22:19
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 19I will drive thee - אהרסך ehersecha, in the first person, Syr. Vulg.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 19And from thy state - From thy office; thy place of trust and responsibility. Shall he pull thee down - That is, “God” shall do it. The prophet here uses the third person instead of the first. Such a change of person is very common in the writings of the prophets (see Stuart‘s “Heb. Gram.” 563-565, sixth Ed.)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. 19-20remove you from office: Shebna (Isaiah 22:15) was demoted to court secretary by the time of Jerusalem’s siege. Eliakim (Isaiah 22:20) was the palace administrator (36:3). Eliakim was a true servant of the Lord.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1919. state--office. he--God. A similar change of persons occurs in Is 34:16.Read the comment
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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
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