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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

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 22:19

drive = thrust. station = office, or administration. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 22:19

The Lord promised to drive Shebna out of his office, and to tear him down from his exalted position in which he took so much pride. read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 22:15-25

Denunciation of ShebnaThis section contains Isaiah’s only invective against an individual. He denounces Shebna, the king’s chief minister, who may have been a leader of the party which favoured alliance with Egypt. The prophecy was delivered before Sennacherib’s invasion (701 b.c.), because at that time we read that Eliakim held the office Isaiah here promises him, while Shebna occupied a subordinate position (Isaiah 36:3; Isaiah 37:2).15-25. The deposition of Shebna. The elevation of... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Isaiah 22:19

(19) I will drive thee . . . shall he pull thee down.—The change of person has led some interpreters to refer the latter clause to Hezekiah. Such changes, however, are common enough in Hebrew prophetic speech (e.g., Isaiah 10:12; Isaiah 42:13-14), and Jehovah is the subject of both clauses. read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Isaiah 22:1-25

The Key of the House of David Isaiah 22:22 Not often, even in Isaiah, are there words more full of mystery than these. I. See how, of David also, according to his degree, it might be said that 'He was a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief'. Persecuted by his own brethren in the army of the Israelites; hunted after by his own lord, King Saul; ridiculed by his own wife, Michal; betrayed by his own familiar friend, Ahithophel; conspired against by his own favourite son, Absalom; all but... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Isaiah 22:1-25

CHAPTER XXTHE TURN OF THE TIDE: MORAL EFFECTS OF FORGIVENESS701 B.C.Isaiah 22:1-25 Contrasted With 33THE collapse of Jewish faith and patriotism in the face of the enemy was complete. Final and absolute did Isaiah’s sentence ring out: "Surely this iniquity shall not be purged from you till ye die, saith Jehovah of hosts." So we learn from chapter 22, written, as we conceive, in 701, when the Assyrian armies had at last invested Jerusalem. But in chapter 33, which critics unite in placing a few... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Isaiah 22:1-25

CHAPTER 22 The Burden of the Valley of Vision (Jerusalem) 1. Jerusalem’s deplorable state (Isaiah 22:1-4 ) 2. The invading armies (Isaiah 22:5-7 ) 3. The siege and the calamity (Isaiah 22:8-14 ) 4. Shebna (Isaiah 22:15-19 ) 5. Eliakim (Isaiah 22:20-25 ) This is another intensely interesting prophecy. Jerusalem has passed through many sieges and at last in part the prophecy has been fulfilled. But there is another siege of Jerusalem impending. It will come after the message of the... read more

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