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Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Isaiah 22:15

"Thus saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, Go, get thee unto this treasurer, even unto Shebna, who is over the house, and say, What doest thou here? and whom hast thou here? that thou hast hewed thee out here a sepulchre? hewing him out a sepulchre on high, graving a habitation for himself in the rock? Behold, Jehovah, like a strong man, will hurl thee away violently; yea, he will wrap thee up closely. He will surely wind thee round and round, and toss thee like a ball into a large country; there... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 22:15

Isaiah 22:15. Thus saith the Lord God of Hosts— The other part of this discourse, which contains the judgment upon Shebna, the overseer of the palace, is so connected with the former, as plainly to shew that this man was the chief and most eminent among the profane nobles of that time, against whom the prophet declaims in the preceding period; who, having the first place in the state and palace after the king, had corrupted many, himself the head and chief of the profane and irreligious. This... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 22:15

15. Go, get thee unto—rather, "Go in to" (that is, into the house to). treasurer—"him who dwells in the tabernacle" [JEROME]; namely, in a room of the temple set apart for the treasurer. Rather, "the king's friend," or "principal officer of the court" (1 Kings 4:5; 1 Kings 18:3; 1 Chronicles 27:33, "the king's counsellor") [MAURER]. "This" is prefixed contemptuously (1 Chronicles 27:33- :). unto Shebna—The Hebrew for "unto" indicates an accosting of Shebna with an unwelcome message. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 22:16

16. What . . . whom—The prophet accosts Shebna at the very place where he was building a grand sepulcher for himself and his family (compare Isaiah 14:18; Genesis 23:1-20; 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," &c., seeing that thou art soon to be deposed from office and carried into captivity? [MAURER]. on high—Sepulchres were made in the highest rocks (Genesis 50:13- :,... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 22:15

The Lord commanded Isaiah to go to Shebna, who was steward (ruler) over the royal household (cf. Joseph; Genesis 39:8-9; 1 Kings 4:6; 1 Kings 18:3). This was the highest office of state in both the Northern and Southern Kingdoms, and sometimes the heir to the throne occupied it (cf. 2 Chronicles 26:21). As the royal steward, Shebna stood nearest to the king and represented the king. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 22:16

Isaiah’s question is almost identical to the one in Isaiah 22:1, tying Shebna’s error to that of the people of Jerusalem. He had no personal right, or a right by reason of his position, to prepare a permanent and prominent tomb for himself. A person’s tomb made a statement about his importance, and Shebna wanted to guarantee his future recognition by building himself a respectable monument in Jerusalem (cf. Haman; Esther 3:1-2). Archaeologists have found the remains of a grave hewn by one... 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 22:15

(15) Go, get thee unto this treasurer, even unto Shebna.—The section that follows opens a chapter in the internal politics of the reign of Hezekiah. The word for “treasurer” (literally, companion) implies a position like that of a vizier, identical, probably, with that of the “king’s friend” of Genesis 26:26; 2 Samuel 15:37; 1 Kings 4:5. In addition to this office Shebna had the position of being “over the house,” an office, like that of a Lord Chamberlain, of such importance that it was... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Isaiah 22:16

(16) What hast thou here? . . .—The prophet’s indignation is roused by Shebna’s last act of arrogance. He had no “sepulchre of his fathers” to deck with fresh stateliness, and, like the kings and great ones of the earth (the kings of Sidon, the Pharaohs of Egypt, the kings of Assyria), had built one for himself, hollowed out of the wells (probably on one of the hills of Jerusalem), to be his own everlasting “habitation,” his domus œterna. So in Ecclesiastes 12:5, the grave is the “long home” of... 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

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Isaiah 22:15

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 22:15

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 22:15

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 22:16

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 22:15

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 22:16

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

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Isaiah 22:15

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Isaiah 22:16

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

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