Isaiah 22:15-25

The Valley of Vision

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.”