Isaiah 22:17

Behold now, the Lord of hosts casts forth and will utterly destroy such a man, and will take away your robe and your glorious crown,

LXX2012 (US English)

In The King James Version

Behold, the LORD will carry thee away with a mighty captivity, and will surely cover thee.

In Context

16and what have you to do here, that you have here hewn yourself a sepulchre, and made yourself a sepulchre on high, and have graven for yourself a dwelling in the rock?

18and will cast you into a great and unmeasured land, and there you shall die: and he will bring your fair chariot to shame, and the house of your prince to be trodden down.

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Cross References

Esther 7:8And the king returned from the garden; and Aman had fallen upon the bed, intreating the queen. And the king said, Will you even force my wife in my house? And when Aman heard it, he changed countenance.

Jeremiah 10:18For thus says the Lord, Behold, I will overthrow the inhabitants of this land with affliction, that your plague may be revealed.

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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