Isaiah 22:15
New International Version
This is what the Lord, the LORD Almighty, says: “Go, say to this steward, to Shebna the palace administrator:

New Living Translation
This is what the Lord, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, said to me: “Confront Shebna, the palace administrator, and give him this message:

English Standard Version
Thus says the Lord GOD of hosts, “Come, go to this steward, to Shebna, who is over the household, and say to him:

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

King James Bible
Thus saith the Lord GOD of hosts, Go, get thee unto this treasurer, even unto Shebna, which is over the house, and say,

New King James Version
Thus says the Lord GOD of hosts: “Go, proceed to this steward, To Shebna, who is over the house, and say:

New American Standard Bible
This is what the Lord GOD of armies says: “Come, go to this steward, To Shebna who is in charge of the royal household,

NASB 1995
Thus says the Lord GOD of hosts, “Come, go to this steward, To Shebna, who is in charge of the royal household,

NASB 1977
Thus says the Lord GOD of hosts, “Come, go to this steward, To Shebna, who is in charge of the royal household,

Legacy Standard Bible
Thus says Lord Yahweh of hosts, “Come, go to this steward, To Shebna, who is in charge of the royal household,

Amplified Bible
For the Lord GOD of hosts says this, “Go to this [contemptible] steward, To Shebna, who is in charge of the royal household [but is building himself a tomb worthy of a king, and say to him],

Christian Standard Bible
The Lord GOD of Armies said, “Go to Shebna, that steward who is in charge of the palace, and say to him:

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The Lord GOD of Hosts said: “Go to Shebna, that steward who is in charge of the palace, and say to him:

American Standard Version
Thus saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, Go, get thee unto this treasurer, even unto Shebna, who is over the house, and say,

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Thus says LORD JEHOVAH of Hosts: ‘Go to this agent, Shebna the Steward, and say to him:

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Thus saith the Lord of hosts, Go into the chamber, to Somnas the treasurer, and say to him, Why art thou here?

Contemporary English Version
The LORD All-Powerful is sending me with this message for Shebna, the prime minister:

Douay-Rheims Bible
Thus saith the Lord God of hosts: Go, get thee in to him that dwelleth in the tabernacle, to Sobna who is over the temple: and thou shalt say to him:

English Revised Version
Thus saith the Lord, the LORD of hosts, Go, get thee unto this treasurer, even unto Shebna, which is over the house, and say,

GOD'S WORD® Translation
This is what the Almighty LORD of Armies says: Go to Shebna, the man in charge of the palace, and say [to him],

Good News Translation
The Sovereign LORD Almighty told me to go to Shebna, the manager of the royal household, and say to him,

International Standard Version
This is what the Lord GOD of the Heavenly Armies says: "Come, go to this steward, to Shebna who is in charge of the household, and ask him:

JPS Tanakh 1917
Thus saith the Lord, the GOD of hosts: Go, get thee unto this steward, Even unto Shebna, who is over the house:

Literal Standard Version
Thus said the Lord, YHWH of Hosts: “Go forth, go to this steward, | To Shebna, who [is] over the house:

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

New American Bible
Thus says the Lord, the GOD of hosts: Up, go to that official, Shebna, master of the palace,

NET Bible
This is what the sovereign master, the LORD who commands armies, says: "Go visit this administrator, Shebna, who supervises the palace, and tell him:

New Revised Standard Version
Thus says the Lord GOD of hosts: Come, go to this steward, to Shebna, who is master of the household, and say to him:

New Heart English Bible
Thus says the LORD of hosts, "Come, go to this steward, to Shebna, who is in charge of the house, and say,

Webster's Bible Translation
Thus saith the Lord GOD of hosts, Go, repair to this treasurer, even to Shebna, who is over the house, and say,

World English Bible
The Lord, Yahweh of Armies says, “Go, get yourself to this treasurer, even to Shebna, who is over the house, and say,

Young's Literal Translation
Thus said the Lord, Jehovah of Hosts: 'Go, enter in unto this steward, Unto Shebna, who is over the house:

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Context
A Message for Shebna
15This is what the Lord GOD of Hosts says: “Go, say to Shebna, the steward in charge of the palace: 16What 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?…

Cross References
2 Kings 18:18
Then they called for the king; and Eliakim son of Hilkiah the palace administrator, Shebnah the scribe, and Joah son of Asaph the recorder, went out to them.

2 Kings 18:26
Then Eliakim son of Hilkiah, along with Shebnah and Joah, said to the Rabshakeh, "Please speak to your servants in Aramaic, since we understand it. Do not speak with us in Hebrew in the hearing of the people on the wall."

Isaiah 36:3
Then Eliakim son of Hilkiah the palace administrator, Shebna the scribe, and Joah son of Asaph the recorder, went out to him.

Isaiah 36:11
Then Eliakim, Shebna, and Joah said to the Rabshakeh, "Please speak to your servants in Aramaic, since we understand it. Do not speak to us in Hebrew in the hearing of the people on the wall."

Isaiah 36:22
Then Hilkiah's son Eliakim the palace administrator, Shebna the scribe, and Asaph's son Joah the recorder came to Hezekiah with their clothes torn, and they relayed to him the words of the Rabshakeh.

Isaiah 37:2
And he sent Eliakim the palace administrator, Shebna the scribe, and the leading priests, all wearing sackcloth, to the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz


Treasury of Scripture

Thus said the Lord GOD of hosts, Go, get you to this treasurer, even to Shebna, which is over the house, and say,

treasurer

1 Chronicles 27:25
And over the king's treasures was Azmaveth the son of Adiel: and over the storehouses in the fields, in the cities, and in the villages, and in the castles, was Jehonathan the son of Uzziah:

Acts 8:27
And he arose and went: and, behold, a man of Ethiopia, an eunuch of great authority under Candace queen of the Ethiopians, who had the charge of all her treasure, and had come to Jerusalem for to worship,

Shebna

Isaiah 36:3
Then came forth unto him Eliakim, Hilkiah's son, which was over the house, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, Asaph's son, the recorder.

Isaiah 37:2
And he sent Eliakim, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests covered with sackcloth, unto Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz.

2 Kings 18:18,37
And when they had called to the king, there came out to them Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, which was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder…

which

1 Kings 4:6
And Ahishar was over the household: and Adoniram the son of Abda was over the tribute.

2 Kings 10:5
And he that was over the house, and he that was over the city, the elders also, and the bringers up of the children, sent to Jehu, saying, We are thy servants, and will do all that thou shalt bid us; we will not make any king: do thou that which is good in thine eyes.

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














(15) Go, get thee unto this treasurer, even unto Shebna.--The section that follows opens a chapter in the internal politics of the reign of Hezekiah. The word for "treasurer" (literally, companion) implies a position like that of a vizier, identical, probably, with that of the "king's friend" of Genesis 26:26; 2Samuel 15:37; 1Kings 4:5. In addition to this office Shebna had the position of being "over the house," an office, like that of a Lord Chamberlain, of such importance that it was sometimes held by a king's son (2Chronicles 26:21). It gave him supreme control over the treasury of the king and the internal affairs of his kingdom, and made him almost like a maire du palais under the Merovingian kings. It is obvious that his influence was exercised to thwart the prophet's counsels; and the probable sequence of thought connecting the two sections is that he was prominent as the representative of the false security and luxury which the prophet had condemned; probably also of the party which rested their hope on an alliance with Egypt. What follows seems to show that he was a novus homo, with no ancestral dignities in his house, possibly even a foreigner (the name is Aramaean in form), pushing himself forward with an obtrusive ambition. We note the touch of scorn in "this Shebna."

Verses 15-24. - PROPHECY ON THE DEPOSITION OF SHEBNA AND THE ELEVATION OF ELIAKIM. In its first and simplest application, this section predicts the fall of one state official and the advancement of an-other - matters, no doubt, of some importance in the court history of the time, but scarcely (with reverence be it said) of such moment as to be worthy either of prophetic announcement or of divinely inspired record. It has, therefore, been generally felt that there must be a secondary application of the passage. According to some, the two officials represent respectively the two cove-hunts, the old and the new; according to others, they stand for the two great parties in the Jewish slate of the time - that which put its trust in Jehovah, and that which leant upon heathen alliances. Verse 15. - The Lord God of hosts. This form, Adonay Jehovah Tsabaoth - rarely used by Isaiah, but occurring above in vers. 5, 12, and 13 - seems to show that this section is in its right place, being intended as a sequel to the description of Sennacherib's siege. This treasurer. The word "this" is contemptuous. That translated "treasurer" is of doubtful import. The key to it is probably to be found in the cognate noun, translated "storehouse" in 2 Chronicles 32:28, and "store" in 1 Kings 9:19; 2 Chronicles 8:4, 6; 2 Chronicles 16:4; 2 Chronicles 17:12. Translate, this storekeeper. Shebna (see below, Isaiah 36:2, 11, 22; Isaiah 37:2; and comp. 2 Kings 18:18, etc.). The name, which is not found elsewhere, is thought to be Syriac rather than Hebrew, and Shebna himself is conjectured to have been a foreign adventurer, perhaps "a refugee from Damascus" (Cheyne). (See the next verse.) Which is over the house. An office like the imperial praefectus palatio" at Rome, or the Frankish "mayor of the palace" (see Genesis 41:40; 1 Kings 4:6; 1 Kings 18:3). At this time it seems to have been the highest office that a subject could hold (2 Chronicles 26:21; 2 Kings 18:18, etc.).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Thus
כֹּ֥ה (kōh)
Adverb
Strong's 3541: Like this, thus, here, now

says
אָמַ֛ר (’ā·mar)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

the Lord
אֲדֹנָ֥י (’ă·ḏō·nāy)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 136: The Lord

GOD
יְהוִ֖ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3069: YHWH

of Hosts:
צְבָא֑וֹת (ṣə·ḇā·’ō·wṯ)
Noun - common plural
Strong's 6635: A mass of persons, reg, organized for, war, a campaign

“Go,
לֶךְ־ (leḵ-)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk

[say]
בֹּא֙ (bō)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go

to
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

Shebna,
שֶׁבְנָ֖א (šeḇ·nā)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 7644: Shebna -- secretary and majordomo of Hezekiah

the
הַזֶּ֔ה (haz·zeh)
Article | Pronoun - masculine singular
Strong's 2088: This, that

steward
הַסֹּכֵ֣ן (has·sō·ḵên)
Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 5532: To be familiar with, to minister to, be serviceable to, be customary

in charge of
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

the palace:
הַבָּֽיִת׃ (hab·bā·yiṯ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1004: A house


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