Isaiah 22:23

And I will fasten him as a nail in a sure place,.... In a strong part of the wall or timber, where it shall not fail, or be removed, or cut down, and so let drop what is hung upon it: it denotes the…

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…

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…

a nail usually a "tent-peg" (and so probably in a figurative sense, Zec 10:4); but also (Eze 15:3) a peg on which household utensils are suspended. The latter idea (according to Isa 22:22) must be…