Isaiah 22:16 meaning and explanation
What are you doing here, and who authorized you to carve out a tomb for yourself here—to chisel your tomb in the height and cut your resting place in the rock?
Isaiah 22:16, Berean Standard Bible
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Isaiah 22 is a prophecy against Jerusalem, called the Valley of Vision, and verses 15 to 25 single out Shebna, the steward in charge of the palace. Through Isaiah, God confronts Shebna for carving himself an elaborate tomb in the rock, a display of status and permanence in a time of national crisis.
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