Isaiah 22:20 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will call my servant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah: ”

Isaiah 22:20 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

My servant Eliakim - A man who will be faithful to me; who will be trustworthy, and to whom the interests of the city may be safely confided; a man who will not seek to betray it into the hands o...
Isaiah 22:20 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will (u) call my servant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah: (u) To be steward again, out of which office he had been put, by the craft of Shebna.
Isaiah 22:20 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Shebna to be Deposed and Eliakim Installed in his Office. This denunciation of Shebna, who seems to have been a foreigner, was probably due to the obnoxious character of his policy. Presumably he f...
Isaiah 22:20 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

in that day: i.e. in the day when this prophecy will be fulfilled. Compare Isaiah 22:25 . Eliakim . Whom God sets up. Hezekiah's minister. Probably superseded by Shebna in the evil days of Manas...
Isaiah 22:20 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

20. And it shall come to pass in that day. It is uncertain at what time Eliakim was substituted in the room of Shebna; for we shall see, in the thirty-seventh chapter, that Eliakim was stewa...
Isaiah 22:20 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will call my servant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah:
Isaiah 22:20 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will call my servant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah: Eliakim the son of Hilkiah. Supposed by Kimchi to be the same as Azariah, son of Hilkiah, who pe...
Isaiah 22:20 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Denunciation of Shebna This section contains Isaiah's only invective against an individual. He denounces Shebna, the king's chief minister, who may have been a leader of the party which favoured a...
Isaiah 22:20 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

BOOK 4 JERUSALEM AND SENNACHERIB 701 B.C. INTO this fourth book we put all the rest of the prophecies of the Book of Isaiah, that have to do with the prophet's own time: Chapter s 1, 22 and 33,...
Isaiah 22:20 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

In the midst of the prophecies concerning the nations occurs one of protest against the indifference of Jerusalem to the prophet's messages. He first describes the joyous people as they stand in cont...
Isaiah 22:20 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The Prophet gives, in these verses, a very pleasing account of the character of Eliakim, and of the Lord's approbation of him. I confess myself inclined to drop all considerations of the servant, to...
Isaiah 22:20 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And it shall come to pass in that day ,.... At the same time that Shebna was deposed from his high station: that I will call my servant Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah ; whom Kimchi thinks was the sam...
Isaiah 22:20 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will call my servant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah: Ver. 20. I will call my servant Eliakim. ] Such as honour God shall surely be honoured. He will call...
Isaiah 22:20 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

I will call my servant Eliakim By my Spirit fitting him for the work, and moving the heart of Hezekiah to call him to it. And I will clothe him with, thy robe , &c. There was a peculiar sort o...
Isaiah 22:20 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Downfall of Shebna; The Advancement of Eliakim. B. C. 714. 15 Thus saith the Lord...
Isaiah 22:20 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

I will call, by my Spirit fitting him, and by my powerful providence moving Hezekiah's heart to call him.
Isaiah 22:20 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Two Ministers ( Isaiah 22:15-25 ). This passage is presumably intended to come under the general heading of the Burden of the Valley of Vision, indicating problems among the leadership as well...
Isaiah 22:20 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 22:1 . The valley of vision. A valley near Jerusalem, so called because of a school of the prophets said to have been there. Isaiah 22:3 . All thy rulers are fled. All thy captains of h...
Isaiah 22:20 - The Biblical Illustrator

My servant Eliakim “My servant Eliakim” Who was he? Nobody can tell. Where else is he referred to in Holy Writ? Probably nowhere. Was he then a man without renown? That depends upon what you m...
Isaiah 22:20 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Isaiah 22:1-23 A PROPHECY AGAINST JERUSALEM . The prophet, present in Jerusalem, either actually, or at any rate in spirit, sees the inhabitants crowded together upon the...
Isaiah 22:20 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Oracle Against Shebna
Isaiah 22:20 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Kings 18:18 ; 2 Kings 18:37 ; Isaiah 36:11 ; Isaiah 36:22 ; Isaiah 36:3 ; Isaiah 37:2
Isaiah 22:20 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Call — By my powerful providence.

Isaiah 22:20 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Isaiah 22:20 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Isaiah 22:20 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 22:20 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Isaiah 22:20 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 22:20 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Isaiah 22:20 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Isaiah 22:20 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 22:20 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Isaiah 22:20 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Isaiah 22:20 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Isaiah 22:20 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Isaiah 22:20 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Isaiah 22:20 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 22:20 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Isaiah 22:20 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Isaiah 22:20 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 22:20 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 22:20 - The Biblical Illustrator

Isaiah 22:20 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Isaiah 22:20 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Isaiah 22:20 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 22:20 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes