Isaiah 22 is an oracle predicting judgement on Jerusalem for lack of repentance and condemns people for self-trust as opposed to trust in God. It also proclaims the replacement of the proud steward Shebna by Eliakim. "The Lord, the Lord Almighty has a day of tumult and trampling and terror in the Valley of Vision, a day of battering down walls and of crying out to the mountains... you saw that the City of David had many breaches in its defences... you built a reservoir between the two walls but you did not look to the one who made it... the Lord called you on that day to weep and to wail... till your dying day this sin will not be atoned for." Then the Lord says to Shebna the steward in charge of the palace: "The Lord is about to hurl you away you mighty man... you will die you disgrace to your master's house!... I will depose you from office... I will summon my servant Eliakim and clothe him with your robe... and he will be a father to those in Jerusalem... I will place on his shoulder the key to the house of David... the Lord has spoken."
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