Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Isaiah 22:25
The nail — Shebna, who seemed to be so. The burden — All those wicked officers that were advanced and supported by his power.
The nail — Shebna, who seemed to be so. The burden — All those wicked officers that were advanced and supported by his power.
Verse Isaiah 22:25. _THE NAIL THAT IS FASTENED_] This must be understood of Shebna, as a repetition and confirmation of the sentence above denounced against him. WHAT is said of Eliakim the son of H...
IN THAT DAY SHALL THE NAIL - Not Eliakim, but Shebna. Eliakim was to be fastened, that is, confirmed in office. But Shebna was to be removed. THAT IS FASTENED IN THE SURE PLACE - Or, that was once fas...
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...
IN THAT DAY. Refers back to the day of Isaiah 22:20, i.e. the day of Shebna's overthrow. This would be the day of Eliakim's exaltation. THE NAIL: which Shebna thought himself to be, but which Jehovah...
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...
The fall of Eliakim's house, described under the same metaphor. It is not necessarily implied that the minister himself lived to see this reverse of fortune; living or dead, his name was the "peg" of...
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...
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...
In that day, saith the LORD of hosts, shall the nail that is fastened in the sure place be removed, and be cut down, and fall; and the burden that was upon it shall be cut off: for the LORD hath spok...
THE BURDEN, etc.] i.e. the vessels hanging upon the nail; figuratively put for the dependents upon a great man. Perhaps the prophet may revert in thought to the fall of Shebna, but the continuation of...
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...
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...
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...
בַּ † יֹּ֣ום הַ ה֗וּא נְאֻם֙ יְהוָ֣ה...
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...
In that day, saith the LORD of hosts, shall the (a) nail that is fastened in the sure place be removed, and be cut down, and fall; and the burden that [was] upon it shall be cut off: for the LORD hath...
_Fall. Sobna shall lose all his employments, and ruin others. (Calmet)_...
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...
REFLECTIONS BLESSED Jesus! I pass over every lesser subject, and every lesser object, to fix mine eyes on thee, oh thou excelling excellence of all perfection! The burden indeed of the valley of visio...
25._In that day. _It might be thought that this is inconsistent with what he had formerly said; but he no longer speaks of Eliakim, for he returns to Shebna, who was about to be cast down from his ran...
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...
IN THAT DAY, SAITH THE LORD OF HOSTS,.... That Shebna is deposed, and Eliakim put in his place: SHALL THE NAIL THAT IS FASTENED IN THE SURE PLACE BE REMOVED, AND BE CUT DOWN, AND FALL; meaning, not E...
In that day, saith the LORD of hosts, shall the nail that is fastened in the sure place be removed, and be cut down, and fall; and the burden that [was] upon it shall be cut off: for the LORD hath spo...
_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,...
THE ORACLE AGAINST SHEBNA...
In that day, when the judgment would strike also this house, SAITH THE LORD OF HOSTS, SHALL THE NAIL THAT IS FASTENED IN THE SURE PLACE, this same Eliakim, BE REMOVED AND BE CUT DOWN AND FALL; AND THE...
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...
THE NAIL THAT IS FASTENED IN THE SURE PLACE; Shebna, who seemed to be so, both in his own eyes, and in the eyes of others. The burden that was upon it; all those wicked officers that were advanced and...
Isaiah 22:25 day H3117 says H5002 (H8803) LORD H3068 hosts H6635 peg H3489 fastened H8628 (H8803) secure...
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...
_In that day, saith the Lord of hosts, shall the nail that is fastened in the sure place be removed_ ELEVATION IS ONLY HELD ON GOOD CHARACTER Even God who drove in the nail can take it out again. No...
_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. ⇐ ⇔...
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...
Esther 9:24; Esther 9:25; Esther 9:5; Ezekiel 5:13; Ezekiel 5:15;...