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Isaiah 22:17

Isaiah 22:17
Behold, the LORD will carry thee away with a mighty captivity, and will surely cover thee.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Behold, the Lord will carry thee away with a mighty captivity,.... Or with the captivity of a man; so the Targum, of a mighty man, Sennacherib king of Assyria; who, as the Jews say (z), when he went…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Behold, the Lord will carry thee away - Of the historical fact here referred to we have no other information. To what place he was to be carried, we know not. It is probable, however, that it was to…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Isaiah 22:15-25

We have here a prophecy concerning the displacing of Shebna, a great officer at court, and the preferring of Eliakim to the post of honour and trust that he was in. Such changes are common in the…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Isaiah 22:17-18

The doom of Shebna is set forth in language of extraordinary force and passion.

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