Isaiah 22:21

I will put your robe and place your sash around him, and I will give your authority to him. He will be a father to the people living in Jerusalem and Judah.

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In The King James Version

And I will clothe him with thy robe, and strengthen him with thy girdle, and I will commit thy government into his hand: and he shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to the house of Judah.

In Context

20After that I will call for my servant, Eliakim, son of Hilkiah.

22I will give him the key to the house of David. What he opens, nobody can shut; what he shuts, nobody can open.

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Cross References

Genesis 41:42Pharaoh took off his signet ring from his finger and put it on Joseph's finger. He dressed him in fine linen clothes and placed a golden chain around his neck.

1 Samuel 18:4Jonathan took off the robe he was wearing and gave it to David, together with his tunic, his sword, his bow, and his belt.

Esther 8:15Then Mordecai left the king, wearing royal clothes of blue and white, with a large golden crown and a purple robe made of fine linen. The city of Susa shouted with joy.

Ezekiel 23:15They were wearing belts on their waists and large turbans on their heads. They all looked like Babylonian officers in Chaldea, the country where they were born.

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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