Isaiah 22:19-23
Chapter 22
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New Steward
You will be deposed, strongman. I will throw you down from where you stand.20
That day, I will call upon my servant Eliakim, son of Hilkiah.
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I will dress him with your robe, strengthen him with your belt, grant him your authority, and he will be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem and the people of Judah.
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Upon his shoulder, I will place the key of the house of David: what he opens, no one shall shut; what he shuts, no one shall open.
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I will fasten him like a peg in a sure spot, and he will be a seat of honor in the house of his father.
Commentaries
New Steward.
The prophet does not approve of a foreigner holding the role of palace steward; he therefore supports his dismissal and replacement by a true Israelite. Matthew 16:19 attributes these words addressed to Peter to Jesus, while Revelation 3:7 applies them to the Messiah. The foreign official’s replacement also falls from grace, and in his fall, he takes down all his followers.