Isaiah 22:18

He will crown you with a crown of tribulation. He will toss you like a ball into a broad and spacious land. There you will die, and there the chariot of your glory will be, for it is a shame to the house of your Lord.”

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In The King James Version

He will surely violently turn and toss thee like a ball into a large country: there shalt thou die, and there the chariots of thy glory shall be the shame of thy lord’s house.

In Context

17Behold, the Lord will cause you to be carried away, like a domesticated rooster, and he will remove you, like an outer garment.

19And I will expel you from your station, and I will depose you from your ministry.

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Cross References

Isaiah 17:13The peoples will make a noise, like the noise of waters overflowing, but he will rebuke him, and so he will flee far away. And he will be quickly taken away, like the dust of the mountains before the face of the wind, and like a whirlwind before a tempest.

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 22:16-25

The Downfall of Shebna; The Advancement of Eliakim. ( b. c. 714.) 15 Thus saith the Lord God of hosts, Go, get thee unto this treasurer, even unto Shebna, which is over the house, and say, 16 What hast thou here? and whom hast thou here, that thou hast hewed thee out a sepulchre here, as he that heweth him out a sepulchre on high, and that graveth a habitation for himself in a rock? 17 Behold, the Lord will carry thee away with a mighty captivity, and will surely cover thee. 18 He will surely violently turn and… Read the whole commentary →

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