Isaiah 22:15–25

¹⁵Thus says the Lord God of hosts, “Come, go to this steward, to ^vShebna, who is over the household, and say to him: ¹⁶What have you to do here, and whom have you here, ^wthat you have cut out here a tomb for yourself, you ^xwho cut out a tomb on the height and carve a dwelling for yourself in the rock? ¹⁷Behold, the Lord will hurl you away violently, O you strong man. ^yHe will seize firm hold on you ¹⁸and whirl you around and around, and throw you like a ball into a wide land. There you shall die, and there shall be ^zyour glorious chariots, you shame of your master’s house. ^19aI will thrust you from your office, and you will be pulled down from your station. ²⁰In that day I will call my servant ^bEliakim the son of Hilkiah, ²¹and ^bI will clothe him with your robe, and will bind your sash on him, and will commit your authority to his hand. And he shall be ^ca father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem and to the house of Judah. ²²And I will place ^don his shoulder ^ethe key of the house of David. ^fHe shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open. ²³And I will fasten him ^glike a peg in a secure place, and he will become ^ha throne of honor to his father’s house. ²⁴And they will hang on him the whole honor of his father’s house, the offspring and issue, every small vessel, from the cups to all the flagons. ²⁵In that day, declares the Lord of hosts, ^gthe peg that was fastened in a secure place will give way, and it will be cut down and fall, and the load that was on it will be cut off, for the Lord has spoken.”