Verse 16
Isaiah 22:16
American Standard Version
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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!
Original Language Text
hebrew
מַה לְּ/ךָ֥ פֹה֙ וּ/מִ֣י לְ/ךָ֣ פֹ֔ה כִּֽי חָצַ֧בְתָּ לְּ/ךָ֛ פֹּ֖ה קָ֑בֶר חֹצְבִ֤י מָרוֹם֙ קִבְר֔/וֹ חֹקְקִ֥י בַ/סֶּ֖לַע מִשְׁכָּ֥ן לֽ/וֹ
English Translation
What are you doing here, and who is here with you, for you have hewn a grave for yourself here, a tomb for yourself hewn in the rock, a dwelling for yourself?
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Chapter 22 Context
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O thou that art full of shoutings, a tumultuous city, a joyous town; thy slain are not slain with th...
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All thy rulers fled away together, they were bound by the archers; all that were found of thee were...
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4
Therefore said I, Look away from me, I will weep bitterly; labor not to comfort me for the destructi...
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5
For it is a day of discomfiture, and of treading down, and of perplexity, from the Lord, Jehovah of...
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6
And Elam bare the quiver, with chariots of men [and] horsemen; and Kir uncovered the shield.
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And it came to pass, that thy choicest valleys were full of chariots, and the horsemen set themselve...
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8
And he took away the covering of Judah; and thou didst look in that day to the armor in the house of...
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9
And ye saw the breaches of the city of David, that they were many; and ye gathered together the wate...
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10
and ye numbered the houses of Jerusalem, and ye brake down the houses to fortify the wall;
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11
ye made also a reservoir between the two walls for the water of the old pool. But ye looked not unto...
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12
And in that day did the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, a...
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13
and behold, joy and gladness, slaying oxen and killing sheep, eating flesh and drinking wine: let us...
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14
And Jehovah of hosts revealed himself in mine ears, Surely this iniquity shall not be forgiven you t...
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15
Thus saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, Go, get thee unto this treasurer, even unto Shebna, who is ov...
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16
What doest thou here? and whom has thou here, that thou hast hewed thee out here a sepulchre? hewing...
17
Behold, Jehovah, like a [strong] man, will hurl thee away violently; yea, he will wrap thee up close...
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18
He will surely wind thee round and round, [and toss thee] like a ball into a large country; there sh...
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19
And I will thrust thee from thine office; and from thy station shalt thou be pulled down.
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20
And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will call my servant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah:
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21
and I will cloth him with thy robe, and strengthen him with thy girdle, and I will commit thy govern...
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22
And the key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder; and he shall open, and none shall sh...
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23
And I will fasten him as a nail in a sure place; and he shall be for a throne of glory to his father...
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24
And they shall hang upon him all the glory of his father`s house, the offspring and the issue, every...
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25
In that day, saith Jehovah of hosts, shall the nail that was fastened in a sure place give way; and...
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