Isaiah 22:17

Behold. Figure of speech Asterismos.

the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4.

will carry thee away with. mighty captivity, &c.. will hurl thee with the hurling of [a mighty] man.

Related Commentaries of Isaiah 22:17

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Behold, the Lord will carry thee away - Of the historical fact here referred to we have no other information. To what place he was to be carried,...
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...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

17. Behold, the Lord will carry thee away. As if he had said, “Thou shalt be cast out of that place into a distant country, where thou shalt...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Behold, the LORD will carry thee away with a mighty captivity, and will surely cover thee. Cover thee - That is, thy face. This was the condition of...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Behold, &c.— Or, Behold, the Lord will throw thee out hence with a mighty throw, &c. Isaiah 22:18 . He will toss and whirl thee, as if...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Behold, the LORD will carry thee away with a mighty captivity, and will surely cover thee. Carry thee away with a mighty captivity - rather,...
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 ma...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Carry, etc.] RV 'hurl thee away violently as a strong man, yea he will wrap thee up closely.'
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 wit...
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...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The removal of Shebna from the office of treasurer, no doubt, took place in the history of Judah; perhaps in the event of the invasion. But the intro...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Behold, the Lord will carry thee away with a mighty captivity ,.... Or with the captivity of a man; so the Targum, of a mighty man, Sennacherib king...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Behold, the LORD will carry thee away with a mighty captivity, and will surely cover thee. Ver. 17. Behold, the Lord will carry thee away, &c....
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

What hast thou here? Or, What dost thou here? What right hast thou to this place and office? And whom hast thou here? What relations or family?...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Downfall of Shebna; The Advancement of Eliakim. B. C. 714....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

I will carry thee away with a mighty captivity; will cause thee to be carried into captivity by a strong hand, or by the hand of a mighty man, from...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Self-Important First Minister ( Isaiah 22:15-19 ). The first to be dealt with is Shebna, the self-important First Minister. God determined to...
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...
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...
The Biblical Illustrator

Shebna Shebna In the councils of Hezekiah there was a strong party favourable to an alliance between Judah and Egypt. At the head of the party...
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,...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Oracle Against Shebna
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Behold, the Lord will carry thee away with a mighty captivity, literally, "will whirl thee out with a whirl as a man," that is, with the force of a s...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Esther 7:8 ; Isaiah 22:18 ; Jeremiah 14:3 ; Job 9:24
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Will carry — Will cause thee to be carried into captivity by a strong hand. Cover — This may be an allusion to the ancient custom of covering the f...

¹⁷ Behold, the LORD will carry thee away with a mighty captivity, and will surely cover thee.

Related Commentaries of Isaiah 22:17

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Isaiah 22:17