Verse 22
Isaiah 22:22
Bible in Basic English
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And I will give the key of the family of David into his care; and what he keeps open will be shut by no one, and what he keeps shut no one will make open.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/נָתַתִּ֛י מַפְתֵּ֥חַ בֵּית דָּוִ֖ד עַל שִׁכְמ֑/וֹ וּ/פָתַח֙ וְ/אֵ֣ין סֹגֵ֔ר וְ/סָגַ֖ר וְ/אֵ֥ין פֹּתֵֽחַ
English Translation
And I will give the key to the house of David upon his shoulder; and he shall open and no one shall shut, and he shall shut and no one shall open.
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Chapter 22 Context
1
The word about the valley of vision. Why have all your people gone up to the house-tops?
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You, who are full of loud voices, a town of outcries, given up to joy; your dead men have not been p...
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All your rulers ... have gone in flight; all your strong ones have gone far away.
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For this cause I have said, Let your eyes be turned away from me in my bitter weeping; I will not be...
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5
For it is a day of trouble and of crushing down and of destruction from the Lord, the Lord of armies...
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6
And Elam was armed with arrows, and Aram came on horseback; and the breastplate of Kir was uncovered...
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7
And your most fertile valleys were full of war-carriages, and the horsemen took up their positions i...
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8
He took away the cover of Judah; and in that day you were looking with care at the store of arms in...
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9
And you saw all the broken places in the wall of the town of David: and you got together the waters...
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10
And you had the houses of Jerusalem numbered, pulling down the houses to make the wall stronger.
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11
And you made a place between the two walls for storing the waters of the old pool: but you gave no t...
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12
And in that day the Lord, the Lord of armies, was looking for weeping, and cries of sorrow, cutting...
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13
But in place of these there was joy and delight, oxen and sheep were being made ready for food, ther...
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14
And the Lord of armies said to me secretly, Truly, this sin will not be taken from you till your dea...
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15
The Lord, the Lord of armies, says, Go to this person in authority, this Shebna, who is over the hou...
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16
Who are you, and by what right have you made for yourself a resting-place here?
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17
See, O strong man, the Lord will send you violently away, gripping you with force,
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18
Twisting you round and round like a ball he will send you out into a wide country: there you will co...
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19
And I will have you forced out of your place of authority, and pulled down from your position.
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20
And in that day I will send for my servant, Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah:
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21
And I will put your robe on him, and put your band about him, and I will give your authority into hi...
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22
And I will give the key of the family of David into his care; and what he keeps open will be shut by...
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And I will put him like a nail in a safe place; and he will be for a seat of glory to his father's f...
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24
And all the glory of his father's family will be hanging on him, all their offspring, every small ve...
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In that day, says the Lord of armies, will the nail fixed in a safe place give way; and it will be c...
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