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

“ And the key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder; so he shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open. ”

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

And the key - A key is that by which a house is locked or opened. To possess that is, therefore, to have free access to it, or control over it. Thus we give possession of a house by giving the “k...
Isaiah 22:22 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And the (x) key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder; so he shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open. (x) I will commit to him the full charge and govern...
Isaiah 22:22 - 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 22:22 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

so . and. open and. shut. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Adjunct), for power of administration. Compare Revelation 3:7 , which shows that the fulfilment culminates in Messiah.
Isaiah 22:22 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

22. And the key of the house of David. (92) This expression is metaphorical, and we need not spend much time, as some do, in drawing from it an allegorical meaning; for it is taken from an...
Isaiah 22:22 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And the key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder; so he shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open. And the key of the house of David will I lay upon his sh...
Isaiah 22:22 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And the key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder— In the former verses the prophet declares the investiture of Eliakim with the office and dignities of Shebna, as well as the goodness...
Isaiah 22:22 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And the key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder; so he shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open. The key of the house of David - emblem of his of...
Isaiah 22:22 - 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 22:22 - 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 22:22 - 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 22:22 - 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 22:22 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

‘HE THAT OPENETH … AND THAT SHUTTETH’ ‘The key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder.’ Isaiah 22:22 I. The Divine Man stands behind the earthly type in these words in majestic...
Isaiah 22:22 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And the key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder ,.... In allusion either to magistrates carrying a key on their shoulder, hanging down from thence, having a hook at one end of it fit...
Isaiah 22:22 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And the key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder; so he shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open. Ver. 22. And the key of the house of David will I lay...
Isaiah 22:22 - 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 22:22 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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

The key; the government, the power of opening and shutting, of letting men into it or putting them out of it, whereof a key is a fit emblem; whence the delivering of the keys of a house or city i...
Isaiah 22:22 - 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 22:22 - Scofield Reference Notes

open Here the prophecy looks forward to Christ. ( Revelation 3:7 ).
Isaiah 22:22 - 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 22:22 - 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 22:22 - 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 22:22 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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

Job 12:14 ; Matthew 16:18 ; Matthew 16:19 ; Matthew 18:18 ; Matthew 18:19 ; Revelation 1:18 ; Revelation 3:7
Isaiah 22:22 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The key — The government, the power of opening and shutting, of letting men into it, or putting them out of it, whereof a key is a fit emblem. Shoulder — He mentions the shoulder rather than the ha...

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

Isaiah 22:22 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

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

Isaiah 22:22 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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

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

Isaiah 22:22 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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

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

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

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

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

Isaiah 22:22 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

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

Isaiah 22:22 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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

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

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

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

Isaiah 22:22 - Scofield Reference Notes

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

Isaiah 22:22 - The Biblical Illustrator

Isaiah 22:22 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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

Isaiah 22:22 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 22:22 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes