Charles Ellicott Commentary Isaiah 22:25

"In that day, saith Jehovah of hosts, shall the nail that was fastened in a sure place give way; and it shall be hewn down, and fall; and the burden that was upon it shall be cut off; for Jehovah hath spoken it." — Isaiah 22:25 (ASV)

Shall the nail that is fastened in a sure place be removed ... —There is, the prophet says, a judgment for the misuse of power portrayed in the previous verse. The “nail” that seems so firmly fixed should be removed, that is, Eliakim should cease to hold his high office, and with his fall, the downfall of all his kindred and dependents should also come. Here, as in the case of Shebna, we have no record of the fulfilment of the prediction, but it is a natural inference, from its continued presence in the collected prophecies of Isaiah, either that it was fulfilled, or that it did its work as a warning, and that the penalty was averted by a timely reformation.