New Living Translation
Isaiah 22:19
19“Yes, I will drive you out of office,” says the Lord. “I will pull you down from your high 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.
- 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 King James Version (NKJV)So I will drive you out of your office, And from your position he will pull you down.
Context of Isaiah 22:19
17For the Lord is about to hurl you away, mighty man. He is going to grab you, 18crumple you into a ball, and toss you away into a distant, barren land. There you will die, and your glorious chariots will be broken and useless. You are a disgrace to your master! “Yes, I will drive you out of office,” says the Lord. “I will pull you down from your high position. 20And then I will call my servant Eliakim son of Hilkiah to replace you. 21I will dress him in your royal robes and will give him your title and your authority. And he will be a father to the people of Jerusalem and 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 40:11Give vent to your anger. Let it overflow against the proud.
- Psalms 75:6For no one on earth—from east or west, or even from the wilderness— should raise a defiant fist.
- Ezekiel 17:24And all the trees will know that it is I, the Lord, who cuts the tall tree down and makes the short tree grow tall. It is I who makes the green tree wither and gives the dead tree new life. I, the Lord, have spoken, and I will do what I said!”
- Luke 1:52He has brought down princes from their thrones and exalted 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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