New King James Version
Isaiah 22:19
19So I will drive you out of your office, And from your position he will pull you down.
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.
- New International Version (NIV)I will depose you from your office, and you will be ousted from your position.
- English Standard Version (ESV)I will thrust you from your office, and you will be pulled down from your station.
- 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
17Indeed, the Lord will throw you away violently, O mighty man, And will surely seize you. 18He 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. So I will drive you out of your office, And from your position he will pull you down. 20‘Then it shall be in that day, That I will call My servant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah; 21I will clothe him with your robe And strengthen him with your belt; I will commit your responsibility into his hand. He shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem And to the house 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 40:11Disperse the rage of your wrath; Look on everyone who is proud, and humble him.
- Psalms 75:6For exaltation comes neither from the east Nor from the west nor from the south.
- Ezekiel 17:24And all the trees of the field shall know that I, the Lord, have brought down the high tree and exalted the low tree, dried up the green tree and made the dry tree flourish; I, the Lord, have spoken and have done it.”
- Luke 1:52He has put down the mighty from their thrones, And exalted the lowly.
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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