Ezekiel 17:24; Job 40:11; Job 40:12; Luke 1:52; Psalms 75:6; Psalms 75:7
And from thy state - From thy office; thy place of trust and responsibility. Shall he pull thee down - That is, “God” shall do it. The prophe...
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...
drive . thrust. station . office, or administration.
19. And I will cast thee out. He says nothing new, but concludes the former prediction. Though in the next verse he will again mention Shebn...
And I will drive thee from thy station, and from thy state shall he pull thee down. I will drive thee - אהרסך ehersecha, in the first person, Syr. Vu...
And I will drive thee from thy station, and from thy state shall he pull thee down. State - office. Shall he (God) pull thee down. A simil...
Denunciation of Shebna This section contains Isaiah's only invective against an individual. He denounces Shebna, the king's chief minister, who ma...
I will.. shall he ] Though the person is changed, the subject is the same (viz. Jehovah) in both clauses. Such changes of person are common in Hebre...
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...
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...
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...
And I will drive thee from thy station ,.... Or thou shalt be driven from it, according to my word; this is said by the prophet, and expresses his b...
And I will drive thee from thy station, and from thy state shall he pull thee down. Ver. 19. And I must drive thee from thy station. ] This was do...
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?...
The Downfall of Shebna; The Advancement of Eliakim. B. C. 714....
And I; the Lord, whose words these are, Isaiah 22:15 , as is manifest from the following verses. Shall he; the Lord; such sudden changes of pe...
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...
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...
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...
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...
EXPOSITION Isaiah 22:1-23 A PROPHECY AGAINST JERUSALEM . The prophet, present in Jerusalem, either actually, or at any rate in spirit,...
The Oracle Against Shebna
And I will drive thee from thy station, depose him from his office, and from thy state, the high position which Shebna now held, shall he, the ki...
He — The Lord; such sudden changes of persons being very usual in these writings.
19 And I will drive thee from thy station, and from thy state shall he pull thee down.