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Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

Isaiah 22:19

And from thy state - From thy office; thy place of trust and responsibility.

Shall he pull thee down - That is, “God” shall do it. The prophet here uses the third person instead of the first. Such a change of person is very common in the writings of the prophets (see Stuart’s “Heb. Gram.” 563-565, sixth Ed.)

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See also Isaiah 22:19 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Isaiah 22:19. _I WILL DRIVE THEE_] אהרסך _ehersecha_, in the first person, _Syr. Vulg_....

  • 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

    DRIVE. thrust. STATION. office, or administration....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The subject here is Jehovah; the change of person resembles that in Isaiah 10:12. After Isaiah 22:18, the verse reads like an anti-climax, but it is added to prepare for...

  • 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...

  • 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

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  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    22:19 I (b-14) Lit. 'will he' (i.e. God)....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    I WILL.. SHALL HE] Though the person is changed, the subject is the same (viz. Jehovah) in both clauses. Such changes of person are common in Hebrew (Isaiah 1:29; Isaiah 10:12)....

  • 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

    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

    Shebna’s proud actions made God very angry. God’s judgement would soon follow. Shebna would lose everything....

  • 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

    וַ הֲדַפְתִּ֖יךָ מִ מַּצָּבֶ֑ךָ וּ מִ מַּעֲמָ

  • 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...

  • 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

    19._And I will cast thee out. _He says nothing new, but concludes the former prediction. Though in the next verse he will again mention Shebna, yet now he gives a brief summary of what has been alread...

  • 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

    AND I WILL DRIVE THEE FROM THY STATION,.... Or thou shalt be driven from it, according to my word; this is said by the prophet, and expresses his being degraded from his office by the king, according...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And I will drive thee from thy station, and from thy state shall he pull thee down. Ver. 19. _And I must drive thee from thy station._] This was done in part when, as of a great master of the court,...

  • 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...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE ORACLE AGAINST SHEBNA...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And I will drive thee from thy station, depose him from his office, AND FROM THY STATE, the high position which Shebna now held, SHALL HE, the king who executes the will of the Lord, PULL THEE DOWN....

  • 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

    AND I; the Lord, whose words these are, ISAIAH 22:15, as is manifest from the following verses. SHALL HE; the Lord; such sudden changes of persons being very usual in these writings....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Isaiah 22:19 drive H1920 (H8804) office H4673 position H4612 down H2040 (H8799) Job 40:1

  • 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

    Ezekiel 17:24; Job 40:11; Job 40:12; Luke 1:52; Psalms 75:6;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    He — The Lord; such sudden changes of persons being very usual in these writings....

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