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Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary

Isaiah 22:21

I will clothe him with thy robe, and strengthen him with thy girdle: there was a peculiar sort of robe and girdle which was the badge of his office, which should be taken from him, and given to Eliakim. He shall be a father; he shall not only have the authority of a father, which thou now hast, in which respect all rulers are called fathers, as Exodus 20:12 Numbers 36:1; but shall also govern them with fatherly care and affection, and not with rigour and cruelty, as thou dost.

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See also Isaiah 22:21 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Isaiah 22:21. _TO THE INHABITANTS_] ליושבי _leyoshebey_, in the plural number, four of Dr. _Kennicott's_ MSS., (two ancient,) and two of _De_ _Rossi's_, with the _Septuagint, Syriac_, and _Vulga...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    AND I WILL CLOTHE HIM WITH THY ROBE - He shall succeed thee in the office, and wear the garments which are appropriate to it. AND STRENGTHEN HIM WITH THY GIRDLE - That is, he shall wear the same girdl...

  • 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

    GIRDLE. Reference to Pentateuch. Occurs here; and elsewhere only in Exodus 28:4; Exodus 28:39; Exodus 28:40; Exodus 29:9;...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _robe_("tunic") … _girdle_ The palace officials seem to have worn distinctive liveries (1 Kings 10:5); the uniform of the vizier was apparently a tunic and a girdle of special pattern. The word for "g...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The elevation of the head of the prophetic party at court....

  • 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

    And I will clothe him with thy robe, and strengthen him with thy girdle, and I will commit thy government into his hand: and he shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to the house of...

  • 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

    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....

  • 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...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וְ הִלְבַּשְׁתִּ֣יו כֻּתָּנְתֶּ֗ךָ וְ אַבְנֵֽטְךָ֙ אֲחַזְּקֶ֔נּוּ...

  • 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...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Girdle, the badge of power, Job xii. 18._...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    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...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    21._And I will clothe him. _He now explains more fully what he had briefly noticed in the former verse, that it was only by the purpose of God that Shebna was deposed, in order that Eliakim might succ...

  • 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 CLOTHE HIM WITH THY ROBE,.... The same he wore, or rather one like unto it, which was a badge and token of his office. If he was a priest, as the Jews say, this was his priestly robe, by wh...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And I will clothe him with thy robe, and strengthen him with thy girdle, and I will commit thy government into his hand: and he shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to the house of J...

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

    _I will call my servant Eliakim_ By my Spirit fitting him for the work, and moving the heart of Hezekiah to call him to it. _And I will clothe him with, thy robe_, &c. There was a peculiar sort of rob...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    and I will clothe him with thy robe and strengthen him with thy girdle, investing him with the official dress, AND I WILL COMMIT THY GOVERNMENT, all the authority of his office, INTO HIS HAND; AND HE...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE ORACLE AGAINST SHEBNA...

  • 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...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Isaiah 22:21 clothe H3847 (H8689) robe H3801 strengthen H2388 (H8762) belt H73 commit H5414 (H8799

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • 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...

  • 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

    _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...

  • 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

    1 Samuel 18:4; Esther 8:15; Esther 8:2; Genesis 41:42; Genesis 41:43;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Girdle — There was a peculiar sort of robe and girdle which was the badge of his office. A father — He shall govern them with fatherly care and affection....

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