Isaiah 22

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 22:12-14

Isaiah 22:12-14. And in that day did, or will, the Lord call, &c. Another fault, which the prophet imputes to the carnal Jews, is impenitence, or carnal security. He foretels that God would call them to weeping and mourning, and other instances and evidences of humiliation and godly sorrow; but that, instead thereof, he should find them given up to joy and gladness, slaying oxen, &c., that is, to levity and luxury, mirth and feasting: saying, Let us eat and drink, for to-morrow... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 22:15

Isaiah 22:15. Thus saith the Lord of hosts, &c. This second part of the prophet’s discourse, which contains the judgment upon Shebna, seems to be so connected with the former as to give reason to suppose that this man was the chief among the profane nobles of that time, against whom the prophet declaims in the preceding verses; and that, having the first place in the state and palace after the king, he had, by his example, corrupted many others. We know nothing certain concerning him,... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 22:16-19

Isaiah 22:16-19. 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? That thou hast hewed thee out a sepulchre That thou art ambitious of raising a stately sepulchre for thyself and thine heirs? As he that heweth out a sepulchre on high In a high and eminent place; a habitation for himself in a rock A monument that shall preserve his memory to all succeeding times. The Lord will carry thee... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 22:20-22

Isaiah 22:20-22. 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 of robe and girdle, which was the badge of his office, which should be taken from him and given to Eliakim. And he shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem He shall not only have the authority of a father, which thou now hast, but he shall govern them with fatherly care... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 22:23

Isaiah 22:23. I will fasten him as a nail I will establish the power in his hands, as a nail is fixed in the strong walls or solid timber of a house. “In ancient times, and in eastern countries, as the way of life, so the houses were much more simple than ours at present. They had not that quantity and variety of furniture, nor those accommodations of all sorts, with which we abound. It was convenient, and even necessary for them, and it made an essential part in the building of a house, to... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 22:24-25

Isaiah 22:24-25. They shall hang upon him all the glory of his father’s house Of his own kindred and family, who shall all depend upon him, and receive glory from him; the offspring and the issue Great and small, the children and grand-children, 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, &c. All sorts of vessels, great or small, mean or precious, may be hanged... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Isaiah 22:1-25

Jerusalem besieged (22:1-25)In Judah, the land where the prophet had his visions of judgment on other nations, he recalls one of God’s judgments on Judah, namely, the Assyrians’ siege of Jerusalem. On that occasion the city was saved only through the faith of Hezekiah and Isaiah (2 Kings 18:13-19:37).Ignoring the gracious intervention of God that had miraculously saved them, the people celebrate as if they had won the victory themselves. Isaiah is disgusted at the light-hearted attitude of the... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 22:1

burden = oracle. valley of vision. The Septuagint and Arabic versions render it Jerusalem, in relation to the high hills around. Similar names: "inhabitant of the valley, ""rock of the plain" (Jeremiah 21:13 ), "mountain in the fields" (Jeremiah 17:3 ). The reference is to Isaiah 22:5 . vision. Here the most solemn visions had been seen: Abraham (Genesis 22:2 , Genesis 22:14 , compare the name Jehovah-jireh); also David (1 Chronicles 21:16 , 1 Chronicles 21:28 ). and the many visions of... read more

E.W. Bullinger