About Jerusalem and Its Leaders

Isaiah 22:15–24

ca. 1200–332 BCE

¹⁵Thus said my Lord God of Hosts: Go in to see that steward, that Shebna^a, in charge of the palace:

¹⁶What have you here, and whom have you here,

That you have hewn out a tomb for yourself here?—

O you who have hewn your^b tomb on high;

O you who have hollowed out for yourself^ban abode in the cliff!

¹⁷The Lord is about to shake you

Severely, fellow, and then wrap you around Himself.^c

¹⁸Indeed, He will wind you about Him as a headdress, a turban.

Off to a broad land!

There shall you die, and there shall be the chariots bearing your body,

O shame of your master’s house!

¹⁹For I will hurl you from your station

And you shall be torn down from your stand.

²⁰And in that day, I will summon My servant Eliakim son of Hilkiah, ²¹and I will invest him with your tunic, gird him with your sash, and deliver your authority into his hand; and he shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem and the men of Judah. ²²I will place the keys of David’s palace on his shoulders; and what he unlocks none may shut, and what he locks none may open. ²³He shall be a seat of honor to his father’s household. I will fix him as a peg in a firm place, ²⁴on which all the substance of his father’s household shall be hung: the sprouts and the leaves—all the small vessels, from bowls to all sorts of jars.

We’re sorry. The Posen Library’s licensing agreements prevent this text from being printed or downloaded.