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Isaiah 22:16

14 And it was revealed in mine ears by the LORD of hosts, Surely this iniquity shall not be purged from you till ye die, saith the Lord GOD of hosts.

15 Thus saith the Lord GOD of hosts, Go, get thee unto this treasurer, even unto Shebna, which is over the house, and say,

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 an 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 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.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
What are you doing here, and who authorized you to carve out a tomb for yourself here—to chisel your tomb in the height and cut your resting place in the rock?
KJV
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 an habitation for himself in a rock?
WEB
‘What are you doing here? Who has you here, that you have dug out a tomb here?’ Cutting himself out a tomb on high, chiseling a habitation for himself in the rock!”
ASV
What doest thou here? and whom has thou here, that thou hast hewed thee out here a sepulchre? hewing him out a sepulchre on high, graving a habitation for himself in the rock!
DARBY
What hast thou here? and whom hast thou here, that thou hast hewn thee out a sepulchre here, [as] he that heweth out his sepulchre on high, cutting out in the rock a habitation for himself?
BLB
What [is] unto you here, and who [is] unto you here, that have hewn out for yourself here a tomb, hewing out his tomb [on] high, carving a resting place in the rock for himself?
ÅB
Hva har du her, og hvem har du her, siden du her har hugget deg ut en grav, du som hugger deg ut en grav i høyden, huler deg ut en bolig i berget?
OTB
Hva rett har du her, og hvem har du her, at du har hugget ut en grav for deg selv her, du som hugger ut en grav på høyden og meisler et hvilested for deg selv i fjellet?
B1930
Hvad har du her, og hvem har du her, siden du her har hugget dig ut en grav, du som hugger dig ut en grav i høiden, huler dig ut en bolig i berget?

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Matthew 27:60

    And laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock: and he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre, and departed.

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  • 2 Samuel 18:18

    Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself a pillar, which is in the king’s dale: for he said, I have no son to keep my name in remembrance: and he called the pillar after his own name: and it is called unto this day, Absalom’s place.

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  • 2 Chronicles 16:14

    And they buried him in his own sepulchres, which he had made for himself in the city of David, and laid him in the bed which was filled with sweet odours and divers kinds of spices prepared by the apothecaries’ art: and they made a very great burning for him.

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  • Job 3:14

    With kings and counsellors of the earth, which built desolate places for themselves;

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  • Isaiah 52:5

    Now therefore, what have I here, saith the LORD, that my people is taken away for nought? they that rule over them make them to howl, saith the LORD; and my name continually every day is blasphemed.

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  • Isaiah 14:18

    All the kings of the nations, even all of them, lie in glory, every one in his own house.

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  • Micah 2:10

    Arise ye, and depart; for this is not your rest: because it is polluted, it shall destroy you, even with a sore destruction.

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