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اِشعيا 22:25

25 و یهوه‌ صبایوت‌ می‌گوید كه‌ در آن‌ روز آن‌ میخی‌ كه‌ در مكان‌ محكم‌ دوخته‌ شده‌، متحرّك‌ خواهد گردید و قطع‌ شده‌، خواهد افتاد و باری‌ كه‌ بر آن‌ است‌، تلف‌ خواهد شد زیرا خداوند این‌ را گفته‌ است‌.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Nail;  

Dictionaries:

- Easton Bible Dictionary - Eliakim;   Shebna;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Nail;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Eliakim;   Peg;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Burden;   Eliakim;   Hilkiah;   Isaiah, Book of;   Nail;   Prophecy, Prophets;   Shebna;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Nails;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Nail;   Tower;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Burden;  

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the nail: Isaiah 22:15, Isaiah 22:16

the burden: Esther 9:5-14, Esther 9:24, Esther 9:25, Psalms 52:5, Psalms 146:3, Jeremiah 17:5, Jeremiah 17:6

for the: Isaiah 46:11, Isaiah 48:15, Jeremiah 4:28, Ezekiel 5:13, Ezekiel 5:15, Ezekiel 5:17, Micah 4:4

Reciprocal: Isaiah 13:1 - burden Isaiah 24:3 - the Lord

Gill's Notes on the Bible

In that day, saith the Lord of hosts,.... That Shebna is deposed, and Eliakim put in his place:

shall the nail that is fastened in the sure place be removed, and be cut down, and fall; meaning, not Eliakim before spoken of, who really was a nail fastened in a sure place, and not to be removed; but Shebna, who thought himself to be as a nail in a sure place, being put into it by the king, and supported by his authority, and courted by his friends and flatterers; for to him the whole preceding prophecy is directed, which is carried down to this verse; for all that is said of the glory and usefulness of his successor Eliakim was to be told to him, which would make it still the more grievous to him, to be degraded and disgraced as he would be, signified by his being removed, cast down, and falling:

and the burden that [was] upon it shall be cut off; those that were dependent upon him, his family, his flatterers, and friends, such whom he had raised by his influence and authority to considerable places, and whom he supported in them; these would fall with him, as is usual when a royal favourite, or prime minister of state, falls into disgrace, and is removed; an instance of this may be seen in Haman, whose family and friends were involved in the same ruin with him, Esther 9:12 and it may be observed, that many dependents, which a minister of state always has, are a burden to him. The Targum interprets this of the burden of prophecy; and Jarchi says, that some explain it thus,

"the prophecy, which thou prophesiest, concerning it, shall be confirmed;''

as follows:

for the Lord hath spoken [it]; and therefore it shall come to pass;

as the Targum,

"for, so it is decreed by the word of the Lord.''

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

In that day shall the nail - Not Eliakim, but Shebna. Eliakim was to be fastened, that is, confirmed in office. But Shebna was to be removed.

That is fastened in the sure place - Or, that was once fastened, or was supposed to be fastened - a phrase appropriate to an office which the incumbent supposed to be firm or secure. It here refers to Shebna. He was regarded as haying a permanent hold on the office, and was making provisions for ending his days in it.

Be removed - To a distant land Isaiah 22:17-18, or simply taken down.

And be cut down, and fall - As a spike, pin, or peg would be taken away from the wall of a house.

And the burden that was upon it - All that it sustained - as the spikes in the wall of a house sustained the cups of gold, the raiment, or the armor that belonged to the family. Here it means, all that was dependent on Shebna - the honor of his family, his emoluments, his hope of future fame, or of an honored burial. All these would fail as a matter of course, when he was removed from his office. This is one instance of the usual mode of the divine administration. The errors of a man entrusted with office entail poverty, disgrace, and misery on all who are connected with him. Not only is his own name disgraced, but his sin “diffuses itself,” as it were, on all connected wit him. It involves them in want, and shame, and tears; and the design is to deter those in office from sin, by the fact that their crimes and errors “will” thus involve the innocent in calamiry, and shed disgrace and woe on those whom they love.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Isaiah 22:25. The nail that is fastened — This must be understood of Shebna, as a repetition and confirmation of the sentence above denounced against him.

WHAT is said of Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, Isaiah 22:20-24, is very remarkable; and the literal meaning is not easy to be understood. From Isaiah 9:6, and from Revelation 3:7, it seems to belong to our Lord alone. The removal of Shebna from being over the treasure of the Lord's house, Isaiah 22:19, and the investiture of Eliakim with his robe, girdle, office, and government, Isaiah 22:20, c., probably point out the change of the Jewish priesthood, and the proclaiming of the unchangeable priesthood of Christ. See Psalms 110:4. Eliakim signifies The resurrection of the Lord or, My God, he shall arise. Hilkiah signifies The Lord my portion or lot. The key of David, shutting and opening, c., may intend the way of salvation through Christ alone. For the hope of salvation and eternal life comes only through Eliakim, the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.

It is said, Isaiah 22:24, "They shall hang upon him all the glory of his father's house" - for, in Jesus Christ dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily and the offspring and the issue, הצאצאים hatstseetsaim from יצא yatsa, to go out, - the suckers from the root; the sideshoots, the apostles and primitive ministers of his word. The issue, הצפיעות hatstsephioth, probably means the issue's issue; so the Targum. The grandchildren, all those who believe on the Lord Jesus through their word.

"The nail that is fastened in the sure place shall be removed," Isaiah 22:25, Kimchi refers not to Eliakim, but to Shebna, Isaiah 22:17-19. By, "They shall hang upon him all vessels of small quantity and large quantity," has been understood the dependence of all souls, of all capacities, from the lowest in intellect to the most exalted, on the Lord Jesus, as the only Saviour of all lost human spirits.

As the literal interpretation of this prophecy has not been found out, we are justified from parallel texts to consider the whole as referring to Jesus Christ, and the government of the Church, and the redemption of the world by him. Nor are there many prophecies which relate to him more clearly than this, taken in the above sense.


 
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