What hast thou here? and whom hast thou here, that thou hast hewed thee out a sepulchre here, as he that heweth him out a sepulchre on high, and that graveth an habitation for himself in a rock?
What hast thou here, and whom? The prophet accosts Shebna at the very place where he was building a grand sepulchre for himself and his family (cf. Isaiah 14:18; Genesis 23:1; Genesis 49:29; Genesis 50:13). 'What (business) hast thou here, and whom hast thou (of thy family, who is likely to be buried) here, that thou buildest,' etc., seeing that thou art soon to be deposed from office, and carried into captivity (Maurer).
A sepulchre on high. Sepulchres were made in the highest rocks. Hezekiah thus was "buried in the highest of the sepulchres of the sons of David," (2 Chronicles 32:33, margin.)
An habitation for himself - i:e., a house for his dead body: cf. 'his own house,' Isaiah 14:18.