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Selected Verse: Isaiah 22:25 - Strong Concordance
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| Isa 22:25 |
Strong Concordance |
In that day [03117], saith [05002] the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635], shall the nail [03489] that is fastened [08628] in the sure [0539] place [04725] be removed [04185], and be cut down [01438], and fall [05307]; and the burden [04853] that was upon it shall be cut off [03772]: for the LORD [03068] hath spoken [01696] it. |
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King James |
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 spoken it. |
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| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
nail . . . fastened--Shebna, who was supposed to be firmly fixed in his post.
burden . . . upon it--All that were dependent on Shebna, all his emoluments and rank will fail, as when a peg is suddenly "cut down," the ornaments on it fall with it. Sin reaches in its effects even to the family of the guilty (Exo 20:5).
MENANDER, the historian, notices a siege of Tyre by Shalmaneser, about the time of the siege of Samaria. Sidon, Acco, and Old Tyre, on the mainland, were soon reduced; but New Tyre, on an island half a mile from the shore, held out for five years. Sargon probably finished the siege. Sennacherib does not, however, mention it among the cities which the Assyrian kings conquered (thirty-sixth and thirty-seventh chapters). The expression, "Chaldeans" (Isa 23:13), may imply reference to its siege under Nebuchadnezzar, which lasted thirteen years. Alexander the Great destroyed New Tyre after a seven months' siege. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
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 fastened, or was supposed to be fastened - a phrase appropriate to an office which the incumbent supposed to be firm or secure. It here refers to Shebna. He was regarded as haying a permanent hold on the office, and was making provisions for ending his days in it.
Be removed - To a distant land Isa 22:17-18, or simply taken down.
And be cut down, and fall - As a spike, pin, or peg would be taken away from the wall of a house.
And the burden that was upon it - All that it sustained - as the spikes in the wall of a house sustained the cups of gold, the raiment, or the armor that belonged to the family. Here it means, all that was dependent on Shebna - the honor of his family, his emoluments, his hope of future fame, or of an honored burial. All these would fail as a matter of course, when he was removed from his office. This is one instance of the usual mode of the divine administration. The errors of a man entrusted with office entail poverty, disgrace, and misery on all who are connected with him. Not only is his own name disgraced, but his sin "diffuses itself," as it were, on all connected wit him. It involves them in want, and shame, and tears; and the design is to deter those in office from sin, by the fact that their crimes and errors "will" thus involve the innocent in calamiry, and shed disgrace and woe on those whom they love. |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
We will refer to this again. But in the meantime the impression is an irresistible one; and the Targum, Jerome, Hitzig, and others, are therefore right in assuming that Eliakim is the peg which, however glorious its beginning may have been, comes at last to the shameful end described in Isa 22:25 : "In that day, saith Jehovah of hosts, will the peg that is fastened in a sure place be removed, and be cast down, and fall; and the burden that it bore falls to the ground: for Jehovah hath spoken." The prophet could not express in clearer terms the identity of the peg threatened here with Eliakim himself; for how is it conceivable that the prophet could turn all that he has predicated of Eliakim in Isa 22:23, Isa 22:24, into predicates of Shebna? What Umbreit says - namely, that common sense must refer Isa 22:25 to Shebna - is the very reverse of correct. Eliakim himself is also brought down at last by the greatness of his power, on account of the nepotism to which he has given way. His family makes a wrong use of him; and he is more yielding than he ought to be, and makes a wrong use of his office to favour them! He therefore falls, and brings down with him all that hung upon the peg, i.e., all his relations, who have brought him to ruin through the rapacity with which they have grasped at prosperity.
Hitzig maintains that Isa 22:24, Isa 22:25 form a later addition. But it is much better to assume that the prophet wrote down Isa 22:15-25 at one sitting, after the predicted fate of the two great ministers of state, which had been revealed to him at two different times, had been actually fulfilled. We know nothing more about them than this, that in the fourteenth year of Hezekiah it was not Shebna, but Eliakim, "who was over the house" (Isa 36:3, Isa 36:22; Isa 37:2). But Shebna also filled another office of importance, namely that of sōpher. Was he really taken prisoner and carried away (a thing which is perfectly conceivable even without an Assyrian captivity of the nation generally)? Or did he anticipate the threatened judgment, and avert it by a penitential self-abasement? To this and other questions we can give no reply. One thing alone is certain - namely, that the threefold prediction of Shebna's fall, of Eliakim's elevation, and of Eliakim's fall, would not stand where it does, if there were any reason whatever to be ashamed of comparing the prophecy with its fulfilment. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| The nail - Shebna, who seemed to be so. The burden - All those wicked officers that were advanced and supported by his power. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
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 Hilkiah, Isa 22:20-24, is very remarkable; and the literal meaning is not easy to be understood. From Isa 9:6, and from Rev 3:7, it seems to belong to our Lord alone. The removal of Shebna from being over the treasure of the Lord's house, Isa 22:19, and the investiture of Eliakim with his robe, girdle, office, and government, Isa 22:20, etc., probably point out the change of the Jewish priesthood, and the proclaiming of the unchangeable priesthood of Christ. See Psa 110:4. Eliakim signifies The resurrection of the Lord; or, My God, he shall arise. Hilkiah signifies The Lord my portion or lot. The key of David, shutting and opening, etc., may intend the way of salvation through Christ alone. For the hope of salvation and eternal life comes only through Eliakim, the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.
It is said, Isa 22:24, "They shall hang upon him all the glory of his father's house" - for, in Jesus Christ dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily; and the offspring and the issue, הצאצאים hatstseetsaim from יצא yatsa, to go out, - the suckers from the root; the sideshoots, the apostles and primitive ministers of his word. The issue, הצפיעות hatstsephioth, probably means the issue's issue; so the Targum. The grandchildren, all those who believe on the Lord Jesus through their word.
"The nail that is fastened in the sure place shall be removed," Isa 22:25, Kimchi refers not to Eliakim, but to Shebna, Isa 22:17-19. By, "They shall hang upon him all vessels of small quantity and large quantity," has been understood the dependence of all souls, of all capacities, from the lowest in intellect to the most exalted on the Lord Jesus, as the only Savior of all lost human spirits.
As the literal interpretation of this prophecy has not been found out, we are justified from parallel texts to consider the whole as referring to Jesus Christ, and the government of the Church, and the redemption of the world by him. Nor are there many prophecies which relate to him more clearly than this, taken in the above sense. |
13 Behold the land [0776] of the Chaldeans [03778]; this people [05971] was not, till the Assyrian [0804] founded [03245] it for them that dwell in the wilderness [06728]: they set up [06965] the towers [0971] thereof, they raised up [06209] the palaces [0759] thereof; and he brought [07760] it to ruin [04654].
5 Thou shalt not bow down [07812] thyself to them, nor serve [05647] them: for I the LORD [03068] thy God [0430] am a jealous [07067] God [0410], visiting [06485] the iniquity [05771] of the fathers [01] upon the children [01121] unto the third [08029] and fourth [07256] generation of them that hate [08130] me;
17 Behold, the LORD [03068] will carry thee away [02904] with a mighty [01397] captivity [02925], and will surely [05844] cover [05844] thee.
18 He will surely [06801] violently turn [06801] and toss [06802] thee like a ball [01754] into a large [07342] [03027] country [0776]: there shalt thou die [04191], and there the chariots [04818] of thy glory [03519] shall be the shame [07036] of thy lord's [0113] house [01004].
2 And he sent [07971] Eliakim [0471], who was over the household [01004], and Shebna [07644] the scribe [05608], and the elders [02205] of the priests [03548] covered [03680] with sackcloth [08242], unto Isaiah [03470] the prophet [05030] the son [01121] of Amoz [0531].
22 Then came [0935] Eliakim [0471], the son [01121] of Hilkiah [02518], that was over the household [01004], and Shebna [07644] the scribe [05608], and Joah [03098], the son [01121] of Asaph [0623], the recorder [02142], to Hezekiah [02396] with their clothes [0899] rent [07167], and told [05046] him the words [01697] of Rabshakeh [07262].
3 Then came forth [03318] unto him Eliakim [0471], Hilkiah's [02518] son [01121], which was over the house [01004], and Shebna [07644] the scribe [05608], and Joah [03098], Asaph's [0623] son [01121], the recorder [02142].
15 Thus saith [0559] the Lord [0136] GOD [03069] of hosts [06635], Go [03212], get [0935] thee unto this treasurer [05532], even unto Shebna [07644], which is over the house [01004], and say,
16 What hast thou here? and whom hast thou here, that thou hast hewed thee out [02672] a sepulchre [06913] here [06311], as he that heweth him out [02672] a sepulchre [06913] on high [04791], and that graveth [02710] an habitation [04908] for himself in a rock [05553]?
17 Behold, the LORD [03068] will carry thee away [02904] with a mighty [01397] captivity [02925], and will surely [05844] cover [05844] thee.
18 He will surely [06801] violently turn [06801] and toss [06802] thee like a ball [01754] into a large [07342] [03027] country [0776]: there shalt thou die [04191], and there the chariots [04818] of thy glory [03519] shall be the shame [07036] of thy lord's [0113] house [01004].
19 And I will drive [01920] thee from thy station [04673], and from thy state [04612] shall he pull thee down [02040].
20 And it shall come to pass in that day [03117], that I will call [07121] my servant [05650] Eliakim [0471] the son [01121] of Hilkiah [02518]:
21 And I will clothe [03847] him with thy robe [03801], and strengthen [02388] him with thy girdle [073], and I will commit [05414] thy government [04475] into his hand [03027]: and he shall be a father [01] to the inhabitants [03427] of Jerusalem [03389], and to the house [01004] of Judah [03063].
22 And the key [04668] of the house [01004] of David [01732] will I lay [05414] upon his shoulder [07926]; so he shall open [06605], and none shall shut [05462]; and he shall shut [05462], and none shall open [06605].
23 And I will fasten [08628] him as a nail [03489] in a sure [0539] place [04725]; and he shall be for a glorious [03519] throne [03678] to his father's [01] house [01004].
24 And they shall hang [08518] upon him all the glory [03519] of his father's [01] house [01004], the offspring [06631] and the issue [06849], all vessels [03627] of small [06996] quantity, from the vessels [03627] of cups [0101], even to all the vessels [03627] of flagons [05035].
25 In that day [03117], saith [05002] the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635], shall the nail [03489] that is fastened [08628] in the sure [0539] place [04725] be removed [04185], and be cut down [01438], and fall [05307]; and the burden [04853] that was upon it shall be cut off [03772]: for the LORD [03068] hath spoken [01696] it.
25 In that day [03117], saith [05002] the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635], shall the nail [03489] that is fastened [08628] in the sure [0539] place [04725] be removed [04185], and be cut down [01438], and fall [05307]; and the burden [04853] that was upon it shall be cut off [03772]: for the LORD [03068] hath spoken [01696] it.
24 And they shall hang [08518] upon him all the glory [03519] of his father's [01] house [01004], the offspring [06631] and the issue [06849], all vessels [03627] of small [06996] quantity, from the vessels [03627] of cups [0101], even to all the vessels [03627] of flagons [05035].
25 In that day [03117], saith [05002] the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635], shall the nail [03489] that is fastened [08628] in the sure [0539] place [04725] be removed [04185], and be cut down [01438], and fall [05307]; and the burden [04853] that was upon it shall be cut off [03772]: for the LORD [03068] hath spoken [01696] it.
24 And they shall hang [08518] upon him all the glory [03519] of his father's [01] house [01004], the offspring [06631] and the issue [06849], all vessels [03627] of small [06996] quantity, from the vessels [03627] of cups [0101], even to all the vessels [03627] of flagons [05035].
23 And I will fasten [08628] him as a nail [03489] in a sure [0539] place [04725]; and he shall be for a glorious [03519] throne [03678] to his father's [01] house [01004].
25 In that day [03117], saith [05002] the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635], shall the nail [03489] that is fastened [08628] in the sure [0539] place [04725] be removed [04185], and be cut down [01438], and fall [05307]; and the burden [04853] that was upon it shall be cut off [03772]: for the LORD [03068] hath spoken [01696] it.
17 Behold, the LORD [03068] will carry thee away [02904] with a mighty [01397] captivity [02925], and will surely [05844] cover [05844] thee.
18 He will surely [06801] violently turn [06801] and toss [06802] thee like a ball [01754] into a large [07342] [03027] country [0776]: there shalt thou die [04191], and there the chariots [04818] of thy glory [03519] shall be the shame [07036] of thy lord's [0113] house [01004].
19 And I will drive [01920] thee from thy station [04673], and from thy state [04612] shall he pull thee down [02040].
25 In that day [03117], saith [05002] the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635], shall the nail [03489] that is fastened [08628] in the sure [0539] place [04725] be removed [04185], and be cut down [01438], and fall [05307]; and the burden [04853] that was upon it shall be cut off [03772]: for the LORD [03068] hath spoken [01696] it.
24 And they shall hang [08518] upon him all the glory [03519] of his father's [01] house [01004], the offspring [06631] and the issue [06849], all vessels [03627] of small [06996] quantity, from the vessels [03627] of cups [0101], even to all the vessels [03627] of flagons [05035].
4 The LORD [03068] hath sworn [07650], and will not repent [05162], Thou art a priest [03548] for ever [05769] after the order [01700] of Melchizedek [04442].
20 And it shall come to pass in that day [03117], that I will call [07121] my servant [05650] Eliakim [0471] the son [01121] of Hilkiah [02518]:
19 And I will drive [01920] thee from thy station [04673], and from thy state [04612] shall he pull thee down [02040].
7 And [2532] to the angel [32] of the church [1577] in [1722] Philadelphia [5359] write [1125]; These things [3592] saith [3004] he that is holy [40], he that is true [228], he that hath [2192] the key [2807] of David [1138], he that openeth [455], and [2532] no man [3762] shutteth [2808]; and [2532] shutteth [2808], and [2532] no man [3762] openeth [455];
6 For unto us a child [03206] is born [03205], unto us a son [01121] is given [05414]: and the government [04951] shall be upon his shoulder [07926]: and his name [08034] shall be called [07121] Wonderful [06382], Counsellor [03289], The mighty [01368] God [0410], The everlasting [05703] Father [01], The Prince [08269] of Peace [07965].
20 And it shall come to pass in that day [03117], that I will call [07121] my servant [05650] Eliakim [0471] the son [01121] of Hilkiah [02518]:
21 And I will clothe [03847] him with thy robe [03801], and strengthen [02388] him with thy girdle [073], and I will commit [05414] thy government [04475] into his hand [03027]: and he shall be a father [01] to the inhabitants [03427] of Jerusalem [03389], and to the house [01004] of Judah [03063].
22 And the key [04668] of the house [01004] of David [01732] will I lay [05414] upon his shoulder [07926]; so he shall open [06605], and none shall shut [05462]; and he shall shut [05462], and none shall open [06605].
23 And I will fasten [08628] him as a nail [03489] in a sure [0539] place [04725]; and he shall be for a glorious [03519] throne [03678] to his father's [01] house [01004].
24 And they shall hang [08518] upon him all the glory [03519] of his father's [01] house [01004], the offspring [06631] and the issue [06849], all vessels [03627] of small [06996] quantity, from the vessels [03627] of cups [0101], even to all the vessels [03627] of flagons [05035].