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Verse Isaiah 22:23. _A NAIL_] In ancient times, and in the eastern
countries, as the way of life, so the houses, were much more simple
than ours at present. They had not that quantity and variety of...
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AND I WILL FASTEN HIM AS A NAIL IN A SURE PLACE - The word ‘nail’
here (יתד _yâtēd_) means properly a peg, pin, or spike; and is
applied often to the pins or large spikes which were used to drive
in...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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The elevation of the head of the prophetic party at court....
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_a nail_ usually a "tent-peg" (and so probably in a figurative sense,
Zechariah 10:4); but also (Ezekiel 15:3) a peg on which household
utensils are suspended. The latter idea (according to Isaiah 22:...
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AND I WILL FASTEN HIM AS A NAIL— See Ezra 9:8. The word יתד
_iathed,_ rendered a _nail,_ signifies a _pole,_ or post, fixed in the
earth, in the middle of a tent, to support the top, which, being full...
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b. INSOLENT AGENT
TEXT: Isaiah 22:15-25
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Thus saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, Go, get thee unto this
treasurer, even unto Shebna, who is over the house, and say,
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What doest thou here? and...
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And I will fasten him as a nail in a sure place; and he shall be for
a glorious throne to his father's house.
NAIL IN A SURE PLACE. Large nails or pegs stood in ancient houses, on
which were suspen...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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And I will fasten him [as] a (y) nail in a sure place; and he shall be
for a glorious throne to his father's house.
(y) I will establish him, and confirm him in his office, of this
phrase read (Ezra...
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_Peg, on which whatever is placed shall be secure, 1 Esdras ix. 8._...
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The Prophet gives, in these verses, a very pleasing account of the
character of Eliakim, and of the Lord's approbation of him. I confess
myself inclined to drop all considerations of the servant, to l...
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23._And I will fasten him as a nail in a sure place. _The particle of
comparison must here be supplied, and therefore I have inserted in the
text the word _as_. By נאמן, (_nĕĕmān_,) _faithful_, he mea...
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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...
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AND I WILL FASTEN HIM [AS] A NAIL IN A SURE PLACE,.... In a strong
part of the wall or timber, where it shall not fail, or be removed, or
cut down, and so let drop what is hung upon it: it denotes the...
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And I will fasten him [as] a nail in a sure place; and he shall be for
a glorious throne to his father's house.
Ver. 23. _And I will fasten him as a nail._] _Paxilli simile et
concinnum et amabile es...
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_I will fasten him as a nail_ I will establish the power in his hands,
as a nail is fixed in the strong walls or solid timber of a house.
“In ancient times, and in eastern countries, as the way of lif...
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And I will fasten him as a nail in a sure place, like a peg in the
wall where one may hang things, so that they are secure; AND HE SHALL
BE FOR A GLORIOUS THRONE TO HIS FATHER'S HOUSE, an ornament to...
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THE ORACLE AGAINST SHEBNA...
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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...
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I WILL FASTEN HIM; I will establish the power in his hands. IN A SURE
PLACE; in the strong walls, or solid timber, in the house; which is
opposed to Shebna's instability, signified by a ball, ISAIAH 2...
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Isaiah 22:23 fasten H8628 (H8804) peg H3489 secure H539 (H8737) place
H4725 glorious H3519 throne H3678 fathers...
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ELIAKIM THE NEPOTIST (ISAIAH 22:20).
This is the second failing First Minister. In some way Eliakim's case
is sadder than that of Shebna. His life and service was so promising,
but it was ruined by ne...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_And I will fasten him as a nail in a sure place_
THE FASTENING HOLD OF CHRIST
The fastening force of Christ upon the soul of humanity is seen--
I. IN HIS HOLD UPON THE GENERAL MIND OF THE WORLD. Wh...
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_My servant Eliakim_
“MY SERVANT ELIAKIM”
Who was he?
Nobody can tell. Where else is he referred to in Holy Writ? Probably
nowhere. Was he then a man without renown? That depends upon what you
mean...
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A NAIL IN A SURE PLACE
I will fasten him as a nail in a sure place. Isaiah 22:23.
Have you ever seen cups hung on nails or hooks along the edge of a
shelf? Quite a number of people hang up their cup...
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ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 22:1 The fourth oracle shows the light of the
world, Jerusalem, growing dark.
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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...
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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...
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1 Samuel 2:8; Ecclesiastes 12:11; Esther 10:3; Esther 4:14; Ezra 9:8;...
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Fasten — I will establish the power in his hands. Sure place — In
the strong walls, or solid timber, in the house. He shall be — By
his prudent and righteous government he shall procure great glory, t...