Isaiah 22:19 - Exposition

I will drive thee from thy station ; rather, from thy post , or office . Shall he pull thee down . Jehovah scorns to be meant in both clauses (comp. Isaiah 34:16 ). The full accomplishment of this prophecy is nowhere declared to us. We merely find that, by the time of Rabshakeh's arrival at Jerusalem as Sennacherib's envoy ( Isaiah 36:2-4 ), Shebna had lost his post as prefect of the palace, and filled the lower position of scribe or secretary. He may, however, have been subsequently further degraded, and thereupon he may have fled to Egypt, as Jeroboam did ( 1 Kings 11:40 ).