Focused Passage

Isaiah 22:20-25

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

20On that day I will summon My servant, Eliakim son of Hilkiah.

21I 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.

22I 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.

23I will drive him like a peg into a firm place, and he will be a throne of glory for the house of his father.

24So 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.

25In 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.

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References and Original Words

Verse 20

Original words

-וְהָיָ֖הH1961Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singularOn thatהַה֑וּאH1931Article | Pronoun - third person masculine singulardayבַּיּ֣וֹםH3117Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singularI will summonוְקָרָ֣אתִיH7121Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singularMy servantלְעַבְדִּ֔יH5650Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singularEliakimלְאֶלְיָקִ֖יםH471Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singularsonבֶּן־H1121Noun - masculine singular constructof Hilkiahחִלְקִיָּֽהוּ׃H2518Noun - proper - masculine singular
Verse 21

Original words

I will clothe himוְהִלְבַּשְׁתִּ֣יוH3847Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular | third person masculine singularwith your robeכֻּתָּנְתֶּ֗ךָH3801Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singularand tie your sashוְאַבְנֵֽטְךָ֙H73Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singulararound himאֲחַזְּקֶ֔נּוּH2388Verb - Piel - Imperfect - first person common singular | third person masculine singularI will putאֶתֵּ֣ןH5414Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singularyour authorityוּמֶֽמְשֶׁלְתְּךָ֖H4475Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singularin his handבְּיָד֑וֹH3027Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singularand he will beוְהָיָ֥הH1961Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singulara fatherלְאָ֛בH1Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singularto the dwellersלְיוֹשֵׁ֥בH3427Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular constructof Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֖םH3389Noun - proper - feminine singularand to the houseוּלְבֵ֥יתH1004Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular constructof Judahיְהוּדָֽה׃H3063Noun - proper - masculine singular
Verse 22

Original words

I will placeוְנָתַתִּ֛יH5414Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singularonעַל־H5921Prepositionhis shoulderשִׁכְמ֑וֹH7926Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singularthe keyמַפְתֵּ֥חַH4668Noun - masculine singular constructto the houseבֵּית־H1004Noun - masculine singular constructof Davidדָּוִ֖דH1732Noun - proper - masculine singularWhat he opensוּפָתַח֙H6605Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singularnoוְאֵ֣יןH369Conjunctive waw | Adverbone can shutסֹגֵ֔רH5462Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singularand what he shutsוְסָגַ֖רH5462Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singularnoוְאֵ֥יןH369Conjunctive waw | Adverbone can openפֹּתֵֽחַ׃H6605Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular

BSB notes

  • See Revelation 3:7.
Verse 23

Original words

I will drive himוּתְקַעְתִּ֥יוH8628Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular | third person masculine singularlike a pegיָתֵ֖דH3489Noun - feminine singularinto a firmנֶאֱמָ֑ןH539Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singularplaceבְּמָק֣וֹםH4725Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singularand he will beוְהָיָ֛הH1961Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singulara throneלְכִסֵּ֥אH3678Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular constructof gloryכָב֖וֹדH3519Noun - masculine singularfor the houseלְבֵ֥יתH1004Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular constructof his fatherאָבִֽיו׃H1Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Verse 24

Original words

So they will hangוְתָל֨וּH8518Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common pluralon himעָלָ֜יוH5921Preposition | third person masculine singularallכֹּ֣ל׀H3605Noun - masculine singular constructthe gloryכְּב֣וֹדH3519Noun - masculine singular constructof his father’sאָבִ֗יוH1Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singularhouseבֵּית־H1004Noun - masculine singular constructthe descendantsהַצֶּֽאֱצָאִים֙H6631Article | Noun - masculine pluraland the offshootsוְהַצְּפִע֔וֹתH6849Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - feminine pluralallכֹּ֖לH3605Noun - masculine singular constructthe lesserהַקָּטָ֑ןH6996Article | Adjective - masculine singular. . .מִכְּלֵי֙H3627Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural constructvesselsכְּלֵ֣יH3627Noun - masculine plural constructfrom bowlsהָֽאַגָּנ֔וֹתH101Article | Noun - masculine pluraltoוְעַ֖דH5704Conjunctive waw | Prepositionevery kindכָּל־H3605Noun - masculine singular construct. . .כְּלֵ֥יH3627Noun - masculine plural constructof jarהַנְּבָלִֽים׃H5035Article | Noun - masculine plural
Verse 25

Original words

In thatהַה֗וּאH1931Article | Pronoun - third person masculine singulardayבַּיּ֣וֹםH3117Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singulardeclaresנְאֻם֙H5002Noun - masculine singular constructthe LORDיְהוָ֣הH3068Noun - proper - masculine singularof Hostsצְבָא֔וֹתH6635Noun - common pluralthe pegהַיָּתֵ֔דH3489Article | Noun - feminine singulardrivenהַתְּקוּעָ֖הH8628Article | Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - feminine singularinto a firmנֶאֱמָ֑ןH539Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singularplaceבְּמָק֣וֹםH4725Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singularwill give wayתָּמוּשׁ֙H4185Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singularit will be sheared offוְנִגְדְּעָ֣הH1438Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singularand fallוְנָפְלָ֗הH5307Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singularand the loadהַמַּשָּׂ֣אH4853Article | Noun - masculine singular-אֲשֶׁר־H834Pronoun - relativeupon itעָלֶ֔יהָH5921Preposition | third person feminine singularwill be cut downוְנִכְרַת֙H3772Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singularIndeedכִּ֥יH3588Conjunctionthe LORDיְהוָ֖הH3068Noun - proper - masculine singularhas spokenדִּבֵּֽר׃סH1696Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular

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