Jerusalem itself ("the valley of vision") receives a burden alongside the foreign nations. The city crowds its housetops in tumult while its rulers flee and are bound without a battle; Elam bears the quiver and Kir uncovers the shield at the gates. Judah's response is purely practical: weapons from the house of the forest, counted houses broken down to fortify the wall, a reservoir between the two walls, but no look toward "him that had done this." When Jehovah calls for weeping, the city feasts instead: "let us eat and drink, for to-morrow we shall die," an iniquity not forgiven till death. The chapter then turns personal: Shebna the treasurer, hewing himself a grand tomb, will be hurled away like a ball, and Eliakim the son of Hilkiah receives his robe, his government, and the key of the house of David (opening what none shut), language Revelation 3:7 applies to Christ. Yet even this fastened nail will one day give way.

Drawn from Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory, Matthew Henry, Complete Commentary, John Wesley, Notes on the Old Testament and John Calvin, Commentaries.

Context

Prophecy · Isaiah — Isaiah overview

A. 1–14 The Valley of Vision: Feasting While the Wall Breaks
B. 15–25 Shebna Thrust Out, Eliakim Given the Key

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