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Denunciation of Self-Seeking Officials

15 Thus says the Lord God of hosts, “Come, go to this steward, to Shebna, who is over the household, and say to him:

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15 This is what the Lord, the Lord Almighty, says:

“Go, say to this steward,
    to Shebna(A) the palace(B) administrator:(C)

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19 I will thrust you from your office, and you will be cast down from your station. 20 In that day I will call my servant Eli′akim the son of Hilki′ah, 21 and I will clothe him with your robe, and will bind your girdle on him, and will commit your authority to his hand; and he shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem and to the house of Judah. 22 And I will place on his shoulder the key of the house of David; he shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open. 23 And I will fasten him like a peg in a sure place, and he will become a throne of honor to his father’s house.

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19 I will depose you from your office,
    and you will be ousted(A) from your position.(B)

20 “In that day(C) I will summon my servant,(D) Eliakim(E) son of Hilkiah. 21 I will clothe him with your robe and fasten your sash(F) around him and hand your authority(G) over to him. He will be a father to those who live in Jerusalem and to the people of Judah. 22 I will place on his shoulder(H) the key(I) to the house of David;(J) what he opens no one can shut, and what he shuts no one can open.(K) 23 I will drive him like a peg(L) into a firm place;(M) he will become a seat[a] of honor(N) for the house of his father.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 22:23 Or throne