With violence he will surely turn and toss thee [like] a ball into a wide country: there shalt thou die, and there the chariots of thy glory [shall be] the (t) shame of thy lord's house.
(t) Signifying that whatever dignity the wicked attain to, at length it will turn to the shame of those princes by whom they are preferred.
HE WILL SURELY VIOLENTLY TURN - Lowth has well expressed the sense of this: He will whirl thee round and round, and cast thee away. Thus it refers to the action of throwing a stone with a “sling,” wh...
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...
SURELY VIOLENTLY TURN AND TOSS THEE. Note the Figure of speech _Paronomasia_. Hebrew. _zanoph, yiznaphka, zenephah._...
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 doom of Shebna is set forth in language of extraordinary force and passion....
The first half of the verse reads: HE WILL ROLL THEE UP IN A BUNDLE ( AND TOSS THEE) LIKE A BALL INTO A SPACIOUS LAND (lit. "a land broad on both sides," as Genesis 34:21; Judges 18:10). The words "an...
BEHOLD, &C.— Or, _Behold, the Lord will throw thee out hence with a mighty throw,_ &c. Isaiah 22:18. _He will toss and whirl thee, as if he were whirling a ball,_ &c. _and there_ [_shall be_] _thy glo...
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...
He will surely violently turn and toss thee like a ball into a large country: there shalt thou die, and there the chariots of thy glory shall be the shame of thy lord's house. VIOLENTLY TURN AND TO...
22:18 shame (a-30) Or 'they shall be the shame.'...
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...
LARGE COUNTRY] i.e. a broad land, where it may roll on and on and not return. THERE THE CHARIOTS, etc.] RV 'there shall be the chariots of thy glory, thou shame of thy lord's house.' The chariots are...
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....
Shebna’s proud actions made God very angry. God’s judgement would soon follow. Shebna would lose everything....
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...
צָנֹ֤וף יִצְנָפְךָ֙ צְנֵפָ֔ה כַּ † דּ֕וּר אֶל...
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...
_Lord; Manasses, who hath exalted thee. (Calmet)_...
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...
18._Turning he will turn thee. _(91) Isaiah continues the same discourse, in which he ridiculed the pride of Shebna, who had bestowed so much cost on building a sepulcher. This statement is connected...
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...
HE WILL SURELY VIOLENTLY TURN AND TOSS THEE,.... Or, "wrapping he will wrap thee with a wrapping"; as anything is wrapped up close and round, either to be more commodiously carried, or more easily tos...
He will surely violently turn and toss thee [like] a ball into a large country: there shalt thou die, and there the chariots of thy glory [shall be] the shame of thy lord's house. Ver. 18. _He will s...
_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...
He will surely violently turn and toss thee like a ball, all wound together like a ball of string, INTO A LARGE COUNTRY, into a wide and open prairie; THERE SHALT THOU DIE, AND THERE THE CHARIOTS OF T...
THE ORACLE AGAINST SHEBNA...
LARGE: _ Heb._ large of spaces...
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...
HE WILL SURELY VIOLENTLY TURN AND TOSS THEE LIKE A BALL, Heb. _wrapping he will wrap thee up like a ball_, which consists of materials wrapped and bound together, that it may be tossed far away. Or, _...
Isaiah 22:18 surely H6801 (H8800) violently H6801 (H8799) toss H6802 ball H1754 large H7342 H3027 country...
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...
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...
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...
_He will surely violently turn and toss the like a ball_ SHEBNA’S DOOM To this unfamilied intruder, who had sought to establish himself in Jerusalem, after the manner of those days, by hewing himsel...
_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...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 22:1 The fourth oracle shows the light of the world, Jerusalem, growing dark. ⇐ ⇔...
THE IRRESISTIBLENESS OF GOD’S JUDGMENTS Isaiah 22:18. _He will surely violently turn and toss thee like a ball into a large country_. Such was the prophet’s message to a haughty statesman who prided...
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...
Amos 7:17; Isaiah 17:13...
Thy chariots — Thy glorious chariots where thou didst ride in great state at Jerusalem, shall be turned into shame to thyself, and to thy master....