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Kretzmann's Popular Commentary

Isaiah 22:16

What hast thou here, and whom hast thou here, that thou hast hewed thee out a sepulcher here, up in the City of David, as he that heweth him out a sepulcher on high, namely, on the height of Zion, and that graveth an habitation for himself in a rock? The prophet should inquire what business Shebna had in taking an honor for himself which was highly coveted and accorded by the people only to a man like Jehoiada, 2 Chronicles 14:15, for unusual services to the nation.

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See also Isaiah 22:16 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Isaiah 22:16. _A SEPULCHRE ON HIGH - IN A ROCK_] It has been observed before, on Isaiah 13:1, that persons of high rank in Judea, and in most parts of the east, were generally buried in large s...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    WHAT HAST THOU HERE? - This verse contains a severe repoof of the pride and ostentation of Shebna, and of his expectation that he would be buried where be had built his own tomb. It also contains an “...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 22 The Burden of the Valley of Vision (Jerusalem) 1. _Jerusalem's deplorable state (Isaiah 22:1)_ 2. _The invading armies (Isaiah 22:5)_ 3. _The siege and the calamity (Isaiah 22:8)_ 4. Shebn...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    SHEBNA TO BE DEPOSED AND ELIAKIM INSTALLED IN HIS OFFICE. This denunciation of Shebna, who seems to have been a foreigner, was probably due to the obnoxious character of his policy. Presumably he favo...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    AS HE. ROCK. (as. rock). Figure of speech _Parenthesis._...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Isaiah 22:15-25. A Philippic against an influential Politician Shebna, the minister here addressed, is supposed from his name and from Isaiah's indignation at his ambitious desire to have a magnifice...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    We may imagine the meeting between Isaiah and the vizier to have taken place at the sepulchre which the latter, after the Eastern fashion, was having prepared in his lifetime. By this act the _novus h...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    b. INSOLENT AGENT TEXT: Isaiah 22:15-25 15 Thus saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, Go, get thee unto this treasurer, even unto Shebna, who is over the house, and say, 16 What doest thou here? and...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    What hast thou here? and whom hast thou here, that thou hast hewed thee out a sepulchre here, as he that heweth him out a sepulchre on high, and that graveth an habitation for himself in a rock? WH...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    WHAT HAST] RV 'what doest.' Shebna was apparently a foreigner, who ostentatiously presumed to treat Jerusalem as his native place. A SEPULCHRE] Kings and great men in the East used to prepare their to...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    DENUNCIATION OF SHEBNA This section contains Isaiah's only invective against an individual. He denounces Shebna, the king's chief minister, who may have been a leader of the party which favoured allia...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    Shebna was the king’s chief minister. He expressed his feelings of importance by his proud actions. He tried to use his job to make himself even more important and powerful....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS GOD CONTROLS THE FUTURE ISAIAH CHAPTER S 21 TO 30 _NORMAN HILLYER_ CHAPTER 22 GOD WARNS *JERUSALEM V1 (A special message that God gave to Isaiah about *Jerusal...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    People must choose between trust in God and trust in human effort. In fact, whole nations must choose between trust in God and trust in human effort. These verses show this principle....

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    מַה ־לְּךָ֥ פֹה֙ וּ מִ֣י לְךָ֣ פֹ֔ה

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    BOOK 4 JERUSALEM AND SENNACHERIB 701 B.C. INTO this fourth book we put all the rest of the prophecies of the Book of Isaiah, that have to do with the prophet's own time: Chapter s 1, 22 and 33, wit...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    In the midst of the prophecies concerning the nations occurs one of protest against the indifference of Jerusalem to the prophet's messages. He first describes the joyous people as they stand in contr...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    What hast thou here? and whom hast thou here, that thou hast hewed thee out a sepulchre (r) here, [as] he that heweth him out a sepulchre on high, [and] that cut out an habitation (s) for himself in a...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    CHAPTER XXII....

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    The removal of Shebna from the office of treasurer, no doubt, took place in the history of Judah; perhaps in the event of the invasion. But the introduction of the subject here seems to have reference...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    16._What hast thou here? _Shebna had built a sepulcher at Jerusalem, as if he were to live there continually, and to die there. The Prophet therefore asks why he built a splendid and costly sepulcher...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 19 THROUGH 23. In Chapter s 19 and 20 Egypt shall be smitten in that day; but Jehovah will heal it. Egypt, Assyria, and Israel shall together be blessed of Je...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    WHAT HAST THOU HERE?.... In the king's house, or in Jerusalem; what business hast thou here? thou art unworthy of such an office, nor shalt thou long continue in it; what inheritance hast thou here? t...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    What hast thou here? and whom hast thou here, that thou hast hewed thee out a sepulchre here, [as] he that heweth him out a sepulchre on high, [and] that graveth an habitation for himself in a rock?...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _What hast thou here?_ Or, _What dost thou here?_ What right hast thou to this place and office? _And whom hast thou here?_ What relations or family? _That thou hast hewed thee out a sepulchre_ That t...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    AS HE: Or, O he...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    15-25 This message to Shebna is a reproof of his pride, vanity, and security; what vanity is all earthly grandeur, which death will so soon end! What will it avail, whether we are laid in a magnifice...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    WHAT HAST THOU HERE? or, _What dost thou here_ ? what right hast thou to this place and office? _Whom_; either, 1. What friends, in whom thou canst confide? Thou hast so ill managed thyself and thy a...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Isaiah 22:16 hewn H2672 (H8804) sepulcher H6913 here H6311 hews H2672 (H8802) sepulcher H6913 high H4791 carves...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    THE TWO MINISTERS (ISAIAH 22:15). This passage is presumably intended to come under the general heading of the Burden of the Valley of Vision, indicating problems among the leadership as well as among...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    THE SELF-IMPORTANT FIRST MINISTER (ISAIAH 22:15). The first to be dealt with is Shebna, the self-important First Minister. God determined to get him out of the way to a place where he could do no har...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: The burden of the valley of vision, telling of coming grievous distress. CHARACTERS: God, Isaiah, Elam, Kir, Shebna, Eliakim. CONCLUSION: When God threatens His people with judgment, He ex...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Isaiah 22:1. _The valley of vision._ A valley near Jerusalem, so called because of a school of the prophets said to have been there. Isaiah 22:3. _All thy rulers are fled._ All thy captains of hundred...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Shebna_ SHEBNA In the councils of Hezekiah there was a strong party favourable to an alliance between Judah and Egypt. At the head of the party stood Shebna. He occupied a post corresponding to tha...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 22:1 The fourth oracle shows the light of the world, Jerusalem, growing dark. ⇐ ⇔...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION ISAIAH 22:1 A PROPHECY AGAINST JERUSALEM. The prophet, present in Jerusalem, either actually, or at any rate in spirit, _sees _the inhabitants crowded together upon the housetops, in a sta...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Now in chapter 22 he turns his attention to Jerusalem, which is referred to as the valley of vision. And this is, The burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee now, that you've gone up to the h...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    2 Chronicles 16:14; 2 Samuel 18:18; Isaiah 14:18; Isaiah 52:5; Job

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    What — What right hast thou to this place and office? Whom — What kindred or relations? For the Jews say, he was a stranger by birth; which is the more probable, because his pedigree is not mentioned...

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