I will thrust you from your office. You will be pulled down from your station.
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I will thrust you from your office. You will be pulled down from your station.
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And I will drive thee from thy station, and from thy state shall he pull thee down.
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And I will thrust thee from thy post, and from thy station shalt thou be pulled down.
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Passages linked to Isaiah 22:19 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Ezekiel 17:24 All the trees of the field will know that I, Yahweh, have brought down the high tree, have exalted the low tree, have dried up the green tree, and have made the dry tree flourish. “ ‘I, Yahweh, have spoken and have done it.’ ”
- Job 40:11-12 Pour out the fury of your anger. Look at everyone who is proud, and bring him low. Look at everyone who is proud, and humble him. Crush the wicked in their place.
- Psalms 75:6-7 For neither from the east, nor from the west, nor yet from the south, comes exaltation. But God is the judge. He puts down one, and lifts up another.
- Luke 1:52 He has put down princes from their thrones, and has exalted the lowly.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Isa 22:19 And I will drive thee from thy…
Isa 22:19 And I will drive thee from thy station, and from thy state shall he pull thee down.
Ver. 19. And I must drive thee from thy station.] This was done in part when, as of a great master of the court, chancellor, lord marshal, or lord high treasurer - for so many ways the word Sochem {Isa 22:15} is rendered - he was made scribe or secretary, {Isa 36:3} which was a far inferior place, but much more when all that befell him that is threatened, {Isa 22:17-18} as it did, no doubt.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain And I; the Lord, whose words these are, Isa…
And I; the Lord, whose words these are, Isa 22:15, as is manifest from the following verses.
Shall he; the Lord; such sudden changes of persons being very usual in these writings.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And I will drive thee from thy station,.... Or…
And I will drive thee from thy station,.... Or thou shalt be driven from it, according to my word; this is said by the prophet, and expresses his being degraded from his office by the king, according to the will of God:
and from thy state shall he pull thee down; either the king his master, or the Lord, who, by his providence, would so order it, that it should be: the phrases express indignation and force, and an entire removal of him from all offices in the king's house or government; for it does not at all seem likely, what is commonly suggested, that he was removed from his office of treasurer, or steward of the king's house, and put into a lower office, and made a scribe, as he is called, Isa 37:2 besides, the words preceding show that he should be carried captive into another land.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain He - The Lord; such sudden changes of persons…
He - The Lord; such sudden changes of persons being very usual in these writings.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 19. I will drive thee] אהרסך ehersecha, in…
Verse 19. I will drive thee] אהרסך ehersecha, in the first person, Syr. Vulg.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain And from thy state - From thy office; thy…
And from thy state - From thy office; thy place of trust and responsibility.
Shall he pull thee down - That is, “God” shall do it. The prophet here uses the third person instead of the first. Such a change of person is very common in the writings of the prophets (see Stuart’s “Heb. Gram.” 563-565, sixth Ed.)
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain he--God. A similar change of persons occurs in Isa…
state--office.
he--God. A similar change of persons occurs in Isa 34:16.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 19. The subject here is Jehovah; the change of…
19. The subject here is Jehovah; the change of person resembles that in Isa_10:12. After Isa_22:18, the verse reads like an anti-climax, but it is added to prepare for
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (19) I will drive thee . . . shall…
(19) I will drive thee . . . shall he pull thee down.—The change of person has led some interpreters to refer the latter clause to Hezekiah. Such changes, however, are common enough in Hebrew prophetic speech (e.g., Isa_10:12; Isa_42:13-14), and Jehovah is the subject of both clauses.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain I will drive thee from thy station; rather, from…
I will drive thee from thy station; rather, from thy post, or office. (comp. 1Ch_23:28) Shall he pull thee down. Jehovah scorns to be meant in both clauses. (comp. Isa_34:16) The full accomplishment of this prophecy is nowhere declared to us. We merely find that, by the time of Rabshakeh"s arrival at Jerusalem as Sennacherib"s, (Isa_36:2-4) Shebna had lost his post as prefect of the palace, and filled the lower position of scribe or secretary. He may, however, have been subsequently further degraded, and thereupon he may have fled to Egypt, as Jeroboam did. (1Ki_11:40)
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 22:19-20 drive you out of office: Shebna (22:15) was…
22:19-20 drive you out of office: Shebna (22:15) was demoted to court secretary by the time of Jerusalem’s siege, when Eliakim (22:20) was the palace administrator (36:3). Eliakim was a true servant of the Lord.
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