Isaiah 22:24 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Of his father's house; of his own kindred and family, who shall all depend upon him, and receive glory from him; of the house of David, which is called his father's house, either because kings are called the fathers of all their subjects, both in Scripture, as 1 Samuel 24:11 2 Kings 5:13, 2 Kings 16:7, and in other authors; or, as Calvin ingeniously conjectures, because he was of the blood royal. Otherwise this had been no great commendation to him, that he studied so much the advancement of his own private family. And this seems more probable, because this character is opposed to that of Shebna, who was the shame of his lord s, to wit, the king s, house or family, Isaiah 22:18. The offspring and the issue; great and small, the children and grandchildren of his father's house. All vessels of small quantity; the meanest of them shall receive a lustre and advantage from their relation to him. From the vessels of cups, even to all the vessels of flagons; all sorts of vessels, great or small, mean or precious, may be hanged upon him, without any fear of falling; whereas ordinary nails or pins, if they be oppressed with too great weight, are easily broken down, and the vessels fall with them.