Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Isaiah 22:23
And I will fasten him [as] a (y) nail in a sure place; and he shall be for a glorious throne to his father's house.
(y) I will establish him, and confirm him in his office, of this phrase read (Ezra 9:9).
And I will fasten him [as] a (y) nail in a sure place; and he shall be for a glorious throne to his father's house.
(y) I will establish him, and confirm him in his office, of this phrase read (Ezra 9:9).
Verse Isaiah 22:23. _A NAIL_] In ancient times, and in the eastern countries, as the way of life, so the houses, were much more simple than ours at present. They had not that quantity and variety of...
AND I WILL FASTEN HIM AS A NAIL IN A SURE PLACE - The word ‘nail’ here (יתד _yâtēd_) means properly a peg, pin, or spike; and is applied often to the pins or large spikes which were used to drive 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...
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...
_a nail_ usually a "tent-peg" (and so probably in a figurative sense, Zechariah 10:4); but also (Ezekiel 15:3) a peg on which household utensils are suspended. The latter idea (according to Isaiah 22:...
The elevation of the head of the prophetic party at court....
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 I will fasten him as a nail in a sure place; and he shall be for a glorious throne to his father's house. NAIL IN A SURE PLACE. Large nails or pegs stood in ancient houses, on which were suspen...
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...
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...
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....
וּ תְקַעְתִּ֥יו יָתֵ֖ד בְּ מָקֹ֣ום נֶאֱמָ֑ן ו
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...
_Peg, on which whatever is placed shall be secure, 1 Esdras ix. 8._...
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...
23._And I will fasten him as a nail in a sure place. _The particle of comparison must here be supplied, and therefore I have inserted in the text the word _as_. By נאמן, (_nĕĕmān_,) _faithful_, he mea...
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 I WILL FASTEN HIM [AS] A NAIL IN A SURE PLACE,.... In a strong part of the wall or timber, where it shall not fail, or be removed, or cut down, and so let drop what is hung upon it: it denotes the...
And I will fasten him [as] a nail in a sure place; and he shall be for a glorious throne to his father's house. Ver. 23. _And I will fasten him as a nail._] _Paxilli simile et concinnum et amabile es...
_I will fasten him as a nail_ I will establish the power in his hands, as a nail is fixed in the strong walls or solid timber of a house. “In ancient times, and in eastern countries, as the way of lif...
THE ORACLE AGAINST SHEBNA...
And I will fasten him as a nail in a sure place, like a peg in the wall where one may hang things, so that they are secure; AND HE SHALL BE FOR A GLORIOUS THRONE TO HIS FATHER'S HOUSE, an ornament to...
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...
I WILL FASTEN HIM; I will establish the power in his hands. IN A SURE PLACE; in the strong walls, or solid timber, in the house; which is opposed to Shebna's instability, signified by a ball, ISAIAH 2...
Isaiah 22:23 fasten H8628 (H8804) peg H3489 secure H539 (H8737) place H4725 glorious H3519 throne H3678 fathers...
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 I will fasten him as a nail in a sure place_ THE FASTENING HOLD OF CHRIST The fastening force of Christ upon the soul of humanity is seen-- I. IN HIS HOLD UPON THE GENERAL MIND OF THE WORLD. Wh...
_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...
A NAIL IN A SURE PLACE I will fasten him as a nail in a sure place. Isaiah 22:23. Have you ever seen cups hung on nails or hooks along the edge of a shelf? Quite a number of people hang up their cup...
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...
1 Samuel 2:8; Ecclesiastes 12:11; Esther 10:3; Esther 4:14; Ezra 9:8;...
Fasten — I will establish the power in his hands. Sure place — In the strong walls, or solid timber, in the house. He shall be — By his prudent and righteous government he shall procure great glory, t...