Focused Passage

Isaiah 22:15-19

The Valley of Vision, Jerusalem’s Refusal to Repent, and the Stewardship of Shebna and Eliakim

The chapter moves from Jerusalem’s strange rooftop commotion, to the prophet’s grief over the city’s devastation, to the military crisis and defensive preparations, to the people’s failure to look to the LORD, to the LORD’s call for weeping and mourning, to the people’s fatalistic feasting, to a sworn word that this sin will not be atoned for, and finally to the leadership oracle: Shebna will be removed and Eliakim installed, though even the seemingly firm peg will ultimately give way.

Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources