John Gill Commentary Isaiah 22:19

John Gill Commentary

Isaiah 22:19

1697–1771
Reformed Baptist
John Gill
John Gill

John Gill Commentary

Isaiah 22:19

1697–1771
Reformed Baptist
SCRIPTURE

"And I will thrust thee from thine office; and from thy station shalt thou be pulled down." — Isaiah 22:19 (ASV)

And I will drive you from your station
Or you shall be driven from it, according to my word; this is said by the prophet, and expresses his being degraded from his office by the king, according to the will of God:

and from your state shall he pull you down ;
either the king his master, or the Lord, who, by his providence, would so order it, that it should be: the phrases express indignation and force, and an entire removal of him from all offices in the king's house or government; for it does not at all seem likely, what is commonly suggested, that he was removed from his office of treasurer, or steward of the king's house, and put into a lower office, and made a scribe, as he is called, (Isaiah 37:2) besides, the words preceding show that he should be carried captive into another land.