Isaiah 22:15-19

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For the Lord God of hosts says this, “Go to this [contemptible] steward,

To ^[c]^Shebna, who is in charge of the royal household [but is building himself a tomb worthy of a king, and say to him],

^16

‘What business do you have here?

And whom do you have here,

That you have hewn out a tomb here for yourself,

You who hew a sepulcher on the height,

You who carve a resting place for yourself in the rock?

^17

‘Listen carefully, the Lord is about to hurl you away violently, O man;

And He is about to grasp you firmly

^18

And roll you up tightly like a ball

And toss you into a vast country;

There you will die

And there your splendid chariots will be,

You shame of your master’s house.’

^19

“I will depose you from your office,

And you will be pulled down from your position [of importance].