George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Isaiah 22:24
House. He shall be the ornament of the priesthood. --- Music. All affairs in church and state shall be at his disposal.
House. He shall be the ornament of the priesthood. --- Music. All affairs in church and state shall be at his disposal.
Verse Isaiah 22:24. _ALL THE GLORY_] One considerable part of the magnificence of the eastern princes consisted in the great quantity of gold and silver vessels which they had for various uses. "Solo...
AND THEY SHALL HANG UPON HIM - This figure is a continuation of that commenced in the previous verse; and is derived from the custom of “hanging” clothes or ornaments on the spikes that were fixed in...
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...
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...
THE OFFSPRING AND THE ISSUE: i.e. direct and collateral issue, and embraces his entire kindred. THE OFFSPRING. Hebrew. _hazze'eza'im._ Occurs only in Job and Isaiah (Job 5:25; Job 21:8; Job 27:14;...
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...
An under-current of satire seems unmistakeable. _all the glory_ perhaps: THE WHOLE WEIGHT (see "burden" in next verse). _the offspring and the issue_ THE SCIONS AND THE OFFSHOOTS (Cheyne). The secon...
If Isaiah 22:24 stood alone it might be barely possible to interpret it in a sense favourable to Eliakim. But taken in connexion with Isaiah 22:25 it seems to convey an imputation of the unworthy exer...
DISCOURSE: 889 ELIAKIM A TYPE OF CHRIST Isaiah 22:24. _They shall hang upon him all the glory of his Father’s house_. IN the various changes that take place in human governments, or in the persons wh...
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...
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...
And they shall hang upon him all the glory of his father's house, the offspring and the issue, all vessels of small quantity, from the vessels of cups, even to all the vessels of flagons. Same imag...
22:24 flagons. (c-34) 'Skin-bottles,' or 'pitchers.'...
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...
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....
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...
Should people choose to depend only on Eliakim, and not on God, they too would completely fail. JERUSALEM ~ at the time of David and Solomon, the capital of the country called Israel. During the time...
וְ תָל֨וּ עָלָ֜יו כֹּ֣ל ׀ כְּבֹ֣וד בֵּית ־אָב
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...
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...
And they shall hang upon him all the glory of his father's house, the offspring and the issue, (z) all vessels of small quantity, from the vessels of cups, even to all the vessels of flagons. (z) Mea...
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...
24._And they shall hang upon him. _It is as if he had said that Eliakim would be fully qualified for discharging his duties, and would not be indolent in his office. Hence we infer that God does not e...
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...
AND THEY SHALL HANG UPON HIM ALL THE GLORY OF HIS FATHER'S HOUSE,.... Which shows the reason of his being compared to a nail; not to one that fastens pieces of timber together, or to a nail or stake d...
_And they shall hang upon him all the glory of his father's house, the offspring and the issue, all vessels of small quantity, from the vessels of cups, even to all the vessels of flagons._ Ver. 24....
_They shall hang upon him all the glory of his father's house_ Of his own kindred and family, who shall all depend upon him, and receive glory from him; _the offspring and the issue_ Great and small,...
And they shall hang upon him all the glory of his father's house, he being the bearer of the honor for the whole family, THE OFFSPRING AND THE ISSUE, the offshoots of the family, high and low, ALL VES...
THE ORACLE AGAINST SHEBNA...
VESSELS OF FLAGONS: Or, instruments of viols...
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...
OF HIS FATHER'S HOUSE; of his own kindred and family, who shall all depend upon him, and receive glory from him; of the house of David, which is called HIS FATHER'S HOUSE, either because kings are cal...
Isaiah 22:24 hang H8518 (H8804) glory H3519 fathers H1 house H1004 offspring H6631 posterity H6849 vessels H3627 small
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...
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...
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...
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...
_And they shall hang upon him all the glory of his father’s house_ ELIAKIM’S FAMILY The vessels, large and small, are figures of the various members of Eliakim’s family. As vessels of every kind ar...
_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...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 22:1 The fourth oracle shows the light of the world, Jerusalem, growing dark. ⇐ ⇔...
THE GLORY OF THE MESSIAH Isaiah 22:24. _And they shall hang upon him all the glory of his father’s house—_ As on the nails or spikes fixed in the walls of the ancient temples and palaces it was custo...
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...
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...
2 Timothy 2:20; 2 Timothy 2:21; Daniel 6:1; Ezekiel 15:3; Genesis 41:
The glory — Of his own kindred and family, who shall all depend upon him, and receive glory from him; of the house of David, which is called his father's house, because he was of the blood — royal. Th...