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"What do you here? and whom has you here, that you have hewed you out here a tomb? Cutting him out a tomb on high, chiseling a habitation for himself in the rock!"
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A Rebuke of Pride
Commentators unanimously see God's rebuke of Shebna as a condemnation of pride. Shebna, a high-ranking official but not royalty, was building a magnificent tomb in a prominent place to secure a lasting legacy for himself. This act of self-glorification, attempting to achieve immortality through a monument, was an affront to God, who is the true source of honor.
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Isaiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
What hast thou here? - This verse contains a severe reproof of the pride and ostentation of Shebna, and of his expectation that he …
19th Century
Anglican
What have you here? ... —The prophet’s indignation is roused by Shebna’s last act of arrogance. He had no “tomb of his fathers” to…
16th Century
Protestant
What have you here? Shebna had built a tomb in Jerusalem, as if he were to live there continually and die there.
The Prophet theref…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
What do you have here ? &c.] In the king's house, or in Jerusalem; what business do you have here? you are unworthy …
This message to Shebna is a reproof of his pride, vanity, and security. How vain is all earthly grandeur, which death will so soon end! What will i…
13th Century
Catholic
The burden of the valley. Here the prophet issues a threat against those who were joined to the people of God by their position of…
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