Isaiah 22:23 BSB — MannaFest

Isaiah 22:23

I will drive him like a peg into a firm place, and he will be a throne of glory for the house of his father.

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ASV

And I will fasten him as a nail in a sure place; and he shall be for a throne of glory to his father’s house.

KJV

And I will fasten him as a nail in a sure place; and he shall be for a glorious throne to his father’s house.

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Commentary

5 voices

Jerome

Commentary on Isaiah (420)

(Verse 15, 16, etc.) Thus says the Lord, the God of hosts: Go, enter to him who dwells in the tabernacle, to Shebna, the overseer of the temple, and say to him: What are you doing here? or who are you here? for you have carved out a sepulchre here for yourself. You have carved out a lofty memorial for yourself diligently in the rock for your tent. Behold, the Lord will cast you down as one is cast down, like a cockerel; and he will lift you up like a cloak.

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The Church Fathers1 voice

Eusebius of Caesarea

COMMENTARY ON ISAIAH 148:6-20 (339)

For all these things will work for your destruction [i.e., Shebna's], since you have been deposed and rejected from the high priesthood, of which you showed yourself unworthy, God being a just judge who gives to each according to his worth. On you, then, he will bring these things; but on the other, Eliakim, whom he has assessed as his good servant and slave, he will invest with your robe and will honor by placing on him the crown of the high priesthood, whose ministry you had hitherto been entrusted with. For he is a man worthy of it.

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Thus lasting shall the honour be that comes from God to all those who use it for him. Our Lord Jesus is as a nail in a sure place: his kingdom cannot be shaken, and he himself is still the same. That he should be a great blessing in his office; and it is this that crowns the favours here conferred upon him.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

And I will fasten him as a nail in a sure place - The word ‘nail’ here (יתד yâtēd) means properly a peg, pin, or spike; and is applied often to the pins or large spikes which were used to drive into the ground to fasten the cords of tents. It is also applied to the nails or spikes which are driven into walls, and on which are suspended the garments or the utensils of a family. In ancient times, every house was furnished with a large number of these pegs, or nails.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

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Original language & word study

9 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וּתְקַעְתִּ֥יו	u.te.ka'.Tiv	and I will drive him	H8628 →
יָתֵ֖ד	ya.Ted	a tent peg	H3489 →
בְּמָק֣וֹם	be.ma.Kom	in a place	H4725 →
נֶאֱמָ֑ן	ne.'e.Man	firm	H539 →
וְהָיָ֛ה	ve.ha.Yah	and he will become	H1961 →
לְכִסֵּ֥א	le.khi.Se'	<into> a seat of	H3678 →
כָב֖וֹד	kha.Vod	honor	H3519 →
לְבֵ֥ית	le.Veit	for [the] house of	H1004 →
אָבִֽיו׃	'a.Viv	father his	H1 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
1 Samuel 2:8
He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap. He seats them among princes and bestows on them a throne of honor. For the foundations of the earth…
leads to
- Psalms 113:7–8
  He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the dump
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Daniel 2:48
  Then the king promoted Daniel and gave him many generous gifts. He made him ruler over the entire province of Babylon and chief administrator over all the wise men of Babylon.
- James 2:5
  Listen, my beloved brothers: Has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom He promised those who love Him?
- Daniel 6:3
  Soon, by his extraordinary spirit, Daniel distinguished himself among the administrators and satraps. So the king planned to set him over the whole kingdom.
Through
Job 36:7
He does not take His eyes off the righteous, but He enthrones them with kings and exalts them forever.
leads to
- Psalms 34:15
  The eyes of the LORD are on the righteous, and His ears are inclined to their cry.
- Psalms 33:18
  Surely the eyes of the LORD are on those who fear Him, on those whose hope is in His loving devotion
- 1 Samuel 2:8
  He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap. He seats them among princes and bestows on them a throne of honor. For the foundations of the earth…
- 2 Thessalonians 3:3
  But the Lord is faithful, and He will strengthen you and guard you from the evil one.

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02Original language & word study

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Where the connections lead

04Related verses

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06About Isaiah

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Where the connections lead

Commentary

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The walk

Related verses

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About Isaiah