Isaiah 22:8-22

The walls protecting Judah will fall. At that time the people of Jerusalem depended on the weapons kept at the Palace of the Forest. You saw that the walls of Jerusalem had many cracks that needed repairing. You stored up water in the lower pool. You counted the houses of Jerusalem, and you tore down houses to repair the walls with their stones. You made a pool between the two walls to save water from the old pool, but you did not trust the God who made these things; you did not respect the One who planned them long ago. The Lord GOD All-Powerful told the people to cry and be sad, to shave their heads and wear rough cloth. But look, the people are happy and are having wild parties. They kill the cattle and the sheep; they eat the food and drink the wine. They say, “Let us eat and drink, because tomorrow we will die.” The LORD All-Powerful said to me: “You people will die before this guilt is forgiven.” The Lord GOD All-Powerful said this. This is what the Lord GOD All-Powerful says: “Go to this servant Shebna, the manager of the palace. Say to him, ‘What are you doing here? Who said you could cut out a tomb for your self here? Why are you preparing your tomb in a high place? Why are you carving out a tomb from the rock? Look, mighty one! The LORD will throw you away. He will take firm hold of you and roll you tightly into a ball and throw you into another country. There you will die, and there your fine chariots will remain. You are a disgrace to your master’s house. I will force you out of your important job, and you will be thrown down from your important place.’ “At that time I will call for my servant Eliakim son of Hilkiah. I will take your robe and put it on him and give him your belt. I will hand over to him the important job you have, and he will be like a father to the people of Jerusalem and the family of Judah. I will put the key to the house of David around his neck. If he opens a door, no one will be able to close it; if he closes a door, no one will be able to open it.

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