Isaiah 22:15-20

New Living Translation

 

A Message for Shebna

¹⁵ This is what the Lord, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, said to me: “Confront Shebna, the palace administrator, and give him this message:

¹⁶ “Who do you think you are,
    and what are you doing here,
building a beautiful tomb for yourself--
    a monument high up in the rock?
¹⁷ For the Lord is about to hurl you away, mighty man.
    He is going to grab you,
¹⁸ crumple you into a ball,
    and toss you away into a distant, barren land.
There you will die,
    and your glorious chariots will be broken and useless.
    You are a disgrace to your master!

¹⁹ “Yes, I will drive you out of office,” says the Lord. “I will pull you down from your high position. ²⁰ And then I will call my servant Eliakim son of Hilkiah to replace you.

 

Isaiah 22:22-25

²² I will give him the key to the house of David—the highest position in the royal court. When he opens doors, no one will be able to close them; when he closes doors, no one will be able to open them. ²³ He will bring honor to his family name, for I will drive him firmly in place like a nail in the wall. ²⁴ They will give him great responsibility, and he will bring honor to even the lowliest members of his family.”

²⁵ But the Lord of Heaven’s Armies also says: “The time will come when I will pull out the nail that seemed so firm. It will come out and fall to the ground. Everything it supports will fall with it. I, the Lord, have spoken!”