Isaiah 22:17 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹⁷Behold, the LORD will carry thee away with a mighty captivity, and will surely cover thee.

Isaiah 22:17 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Jeremiah 14:3
And their nobles have sent their little ones to the waters: they came to the pits, and found no water; they returned with their vessels empty; they were ashamed and confounded, and covered their heads.
Job 9:24
The earth is given into the hand of the wicked: he covereth the faces of the judges thereof; if not, where, and who is he?
Esther 7:8
Then the king returned out of the palace garden into the place of the banquet of wine; and Haman was fallen upon the bed whereon Esther was. Then said the king, Will he force the queen also before me in the house? As the word went out of the king's mouth, they covered Haman's face.

Topics

Shebna (shebnah)

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 15-25)

We have here a prophecy concerning the displacing of Shebna, a great officer at court, and the preferring of Eliakim to the post of honour and trust that he was in. Such changes are common in the courts of princes; it is therefore strange that so much notice should be taken of it by the prophet here; but by the accomplishment of what was foretold concerning these particular persons God designed to…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 17)

17. carry ... away with ... captivity--rather, “will cast thee away with a mighty throw” [Maurer]. “Mighty,” literally, “of a man” (so Job 38:3). surely cover--namely, with shame, where thou art rearing a monument to perpetuate thy fame [Vitringa]. “Rolling will roll thee,” that is, will continually roll thee on, as a ball to be tossed away [Maurer]. Compare Is 22:18.