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Geneva Study Bible Commentary

Isaiah 22:15

Thus saith the Lord GOD of hosts, Go, repair to this (q) treasurer, [even] to Shebna, who [is] over the house, [and say],

(q) Because the Hebrew word also signifies one who nourishes and cherishes, there are those of the scholars who think that this wicked man nourished a secret friendship with the Assyrians and Egyptians to betray the Church and to provide for himself against all dangers: in the mean season he packed craftily, and got of the best offices into his hand under Hezekiah, ever aspiring to the highest.

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See also Isaiah 22:15 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Isaiah 22:15. _GO - UNTO SHEBNA_] The following prophecy concerning Shebna seems to have very little relation to the foregoing, except that it might have been delivered about the same time; and...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    ANALYSIS OF Isaiah 22:15. - VISION 20. The remainder of this chapter Isaiah 22:15 is occupied with a prediction respecting Shebna, and the promotion of Eliakim in his place. From the prophecy itself i...

  • 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

    SHEBNA. See 2 Kings 18:18; 2 Kings 18:26. Probably. foreigner, or heathenized Jew. AND SAY. Some codices, with Aramaean, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "and thou shalt say unto him"....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _this treasurer_ Better: THIS OFFICIAL. The "this" is contemptuous. The word for "official" (_sôkçn_) is not elsewhere found. It seems to mean either "associate" (like the "king's friend" of 2 Samuel...

  • 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...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    THUS SAITH THE LORD GOD OF HOSTS— The other part of this discourse, which contains the judgment upon Shebna, the overseer of the palace, is so connected with the former, as plainly to shew that this m...

  • 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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  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    כֹּ֥ה אָמַ֛ר אֲדֹנָ֥י יְהוִ֖ה צְבָאֹ֑ות לֶךְ...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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  • 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

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  • 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

    15._Thus saith the Lord. _This is a special prediction against a single individual; for, having spoken of the whole nation, he turns to Shebna, whom he will afterwards mention. (Isaiah 37:2.) To this...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

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  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

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  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

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

    _Thus saith the Lord of hosts_, &c. This second part of the prophet's discourse, which contains the judgment upon Shebna, seems to be so connected with the former as to give reason to suppose that thi...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE ORACLE AGAINST SHEBNA...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

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  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

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  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

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  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Scofield's Bible Commentary

    SHEBNA (Isaiah 22:15). A foreigner and court favourite displaced as treasurer by Eliakim. (Isaiah 36:3); (Isaiah 37:2)....

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

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  • 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

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  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

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  • The Pulpit Commentaries

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  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

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  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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