Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 22

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Isaiah 22 . 1 , The prophet laments the invasion of Jewry; Isaiah 22 . 8 , He reproves their human wisdom and worldly joy; Isaiah 22 . 15 , He prophesies Shebna’s deprivation , Isaiah 22 . 20. and the substitution of Eliakim , prefiguring the kingdom of Christ.

Isaiah 22:1

This is the burden against the Valley of Vision: What ails you now, that you have all gone up to the rooftops,

Isaiah 22:1 · BSB

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Jerusalem being situated in the midst of surrounding hills , and the seat of Divine revelation , is here termed "the valley of vision." This prophecy foretells the invasion of Jerusalem by the Assyrians under Sennacherib; and probably also , by the Chaldeans under Nebuchadnezzar

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The eastern houses are built with a court within , into which chiefly the windows open; those that open to the street being so obstructed with lattice work , that no one can see through them. Whenever , therefore , anything is to be seen or heard in the streets , any public spectacle , or any alarm , everyone immediately goes up to the house-top to satisfy his curiosity. Hence all the people running to the top of their houses , gives a lively image of a sudden general alarm

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Isaiah 22:2

O city of commotion, O town of revelry? Your slain did not die by the sword, nor were they killed in battle.

Isaiah 22:2 · BSB

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Isaiah 22:3

All your rulers have fled together, captured without a bow. All your fugitives were captured together, having fled to a distant place.

Isaiah 22:3 · BSB

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by the archers Heb. of the bow

Isaiah 22:4

Therefore I said, “Turn away from me, let me weep bitterly! Do not try to console me over the destruction of the daughter of my people.”

Isaiah 22:4 · BSB

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Heb. be bitter in weeping

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Isaiah 22:5

For the Lord GOD of Hosts has set a day of tumult and trampling and confusion in the Valley of Vision—of breaking down the walls and crying to the mountains.

Isaiah 22:5 · BSB

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Isaiah 22:6

Elam takes up a quiver, with chariots and horsemen, and Kir uncovers the shield.

Isaiah 22:6 · BSB

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uncovered Heb. made naked

Isaiah 22:7

Your choicest valleys are full of chariots, and horsemen are posted at the gates.

Isaiah 22:7 · BSB

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thy choicest valleys Heb. the choice of thy valleys

at or , toward

Isaiah 22:8

He has uncovered the defenses of Judah. On that day you looked to the weapons in the House of the Forest.

Isaiah 22:8 · BSB

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Isaiah 22:9

You saw that there were many breaches in the walls of the City of David. You collected water from the lower pool.

Isaiah 22:9 · BSB

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Isaiah 22:10

You counted the houses of Jerusalem and tore them down to strengthen the wall.

Isaiah 22:10 · BSB

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Isaiah 22:11

You built a reservoir between the walls for the waters of the ancient pool, but you did not look to the One who made it, or consider Him who planned it long ago.

Isaiah 22:11 · BSB

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Isaiah 22:12

On that day the Lord GOD of Hosts called for weeping and wailing, for shaven heads and the wearing of sackcloth.

Isaiah 22:12 · BSB

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Isaiah 22:13

But look, there is joy and gladness, butchering of cattle and slaughtering of sheep, eating of meat and drinking of wine: “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!”

Isaiah 22:13 · BSB

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Isaiah 22:14

The LORD of Hosts has revealed in my hearing: “Until your dying day, this sin of yours will never be atoned for,” says the Lord GOD of Hosts.

Isaiah 22:14 · BSB

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Isaiah 22:15

This is what the Lord GOD of Hosts says: “Go, say to Shebna, the steward in charge of the palace:

Isaiah 22:15 · BSB

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Isaiah 22:16

What are you doing here, and who authorized you to carve out a tomb for yourself here—to chisel your tomb in the height and cut your resting place in the rock?

Isaiah 22:16 · BSB

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There are some monuments still remaining in Persia , of great antiquity , says Bp. Lowth , called Naksi Rustam , which give a clear idea of Shebna's pompous design for his sepulchre. They consist of several sepulchres , each of them hewn in a high rock near the top. The front of the rock to the valley below is adorned with carved work in relief , being the outside of the sepulchre. Some of these sepulchres are about thirty feet in the perpendicular from the valley , which is itself raised perhaps about half as much by the accumulation of the earth since they were made

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Isaiah 22:17

Look, O mighty man! The LORD is about to shake you violently. He will take hold of you,

Isaiah 22:17 · BSB

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etc. or , who covered thee with an excellent covering , and clothed thee gorgeously , shall surely violently turn , etc

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a mighty captivity Heb. the captivity of a man

Isaiah 22:18

roll you into a ball, and sling you into a wide land. There you will die, and there your glorious chariots will remain—a disgrace to the house of your master.

Isaiah 22:18 · BSB

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a large country Heb. a land large of spaces

Isaiah 22:19

I will remove you from office, and you will be ousted from your position.

Isaiah 22:19 · BSB

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Isaiah 22:20

On that day I will summon My servant, Eliakim son of Hilkiah.

Isaiah 22:20 · BSB

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Isaiah 22:21

I will clothe him with your robe and tie your sash around him. I will put your authority in his hand, and he will be a father to the dwellers of Jerusalem and to the house of Judah.

Isaiah 22:21 · BSB

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Isaiah 22:22

I will place on his shoulder the key to the house of David. What he opens no one can shut, and what he shuts no one can open.

Isaiah 22:22 · BSB

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As the robe and the baldric , mentioned in the preceding #### Verse , were the ensigns of power and authority; so likewise was the key the mark of office , either sacred or civil. To comprehend how the key could be borne on the shoulder , it will be sufficient to observe , that the ancient keys were of considerable magnitude , and much bent

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Isaiah 22:23

I will drive him like a peg into a firm place, and he will be a throne of glory for the house of his father.

Isaiah 22:23 · BSB

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Isaiah 22:24

So they will hang on him all the glory of his father's house: the descendants and the offshoots—all the lesser vessels, from bowls to every kind of jar.

Isaiah 22:24 · BSB

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vessels of flagons or , instruments of viols

Isaiah 22:25

In that day, declares the LORD of Hosts, the peg driven into a firm place will give way; it will be sheared off and fall, and the load upon it will be cut down.” Indeed, the LORD has spoken.

Isaiah 22:25 · BSB

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge is the classical cross-reference layer — centuries of catchword parallels beneath the site’s quotations, allusions, and echoes. Every reference above also flows into the wider web of connections.

In the wider web6 threads
Intertextuality Pairs
Quotations Revelation 3:7 → Isaiah 22:22
Allusions 1 Corinthians 15:32 → Isaiah 22:13
Echoes Isaiah 22:22 → Isaiah 9:6
Trajectories
Eliakim (Key of David)
Chiasms
Shaped Isaiah 22:1–14, Isaiah 22:15–25
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