Isaiah 22:15-25

¹⁵This is what the Lord God of armies says:

“Come, go to this steward,

To Shebna who is in charge of the royal household,

16‘What right do you have here,

And whom do you have here,

That you have cut out a tomb for yourself here,

You who cut out a tomb on the height,

You who carve a resting place for yourself in the rock?

17‘Behold, the Lord is about to hurl you violently, you strong man.

And He is about to grasp you firmly

18And wrap you up tightly like a ball,

To be driven into a vast country;

There you will die,

And there your splendid chariots will be,

You shame of your master’s house!’

19“I will depose you from your office,

And I will pull you down from your position.

20“Then it will come about on that day,

That I will summon My servant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah,

21And I will clothe him with your tunic

And tie your sash securely around him.

I will hand your authority over to him,

And he will become a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem and to the house of Judah.

22“Then I will put the key of the house of David on his shoulder;

When he opens, no one will shut,

When he shuts, no one will open.

23“I will drive him like a peg in a firm place,

And he will become a throne of glory to his father’s house.

²⁴So they will hang on him all the glory of his father’s house, the offspring and the descendants, all the least of vessels, from bowls to all the jars. ²⁵On that day,” declares the Lord of armies, “the peg driven into a firm place will give way; it will even break off and fall, and the load that is hanging on it will be cut off, for the Lord has spoken.”