Bible Chapter Summary
Isaiah 22 Summary
Jerusalem's Distress and Shebna's Replacement
Jerusalem experiences a day of trouble and treading down as enemies surround her with chariots and horsemen. The city's walls are broken and defenses mobilized too late. The prophet weeps bitterly over the destruction. The Lord announces that Shebna, the treasurer, shall be cast down from his position and replaced by Eliakim son of Hilkiah, to whom shall be given the key of the house of David as a sure foundation and place of honor.
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Key verses
Isaiah 22:5
“For it is a day of trouble, and of treading down, and of perplexity by the Lord GOD of hosts in the valley of vision, breaking down the walls, and of crying to the mountains.”
Isaiah 22:15-19
“Thus saith the Lord GOD of hosts, Go, get thee unto this treasurer, even unto Shebna, which is over the house, and say, What hast thou here? and whom hast thou here, that thou hast hewed thee out a sepulchre here, as he that heweth him out a sepulchre on high, and that graveth an habitation for himself in a rock? Behold, the LORD will carry thee away with a mighty captivity, and will surely cover thee. He will surely violently turn and toss thee like a ball into a large country: there shalt thou die, and there the chariots of thy glory shall be the shame of thy lord's house. And I will drive thee from thy station, and from thy state shall he pull thee down.”
Isaiah 22:20-22
“And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will call my servant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah: And I will clothe him with thy robe, and strengthen him with thy girdle, and I will commit thy government into his hand: and he shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to the house of Judah. And the key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder; so he shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open.”
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