Isaiah 22:19

19 And I will push you from your office, and he will throw you down from your position.

Isaiah 22:19 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 22:19

And I will drive thee from thy station
Or thou shalt be driven from it, according to my word; this is said by the prophet, and expresses his being degraded from his office by the king, according to the will of God:

and from thy state shall he pull thee down;
either the king his master, or the Lord, who, by his providence, would so order it, that it should be: the phrases express indignation and force, and an entire removal of him from all offices in the king's house or government; for it does not at all seem likely, what is commonly suggested, that he was removed from his office of treasurer, or steward of the king's house, and put into a lower office, and made a scribe, as he is called, ( Isaiah 37:2 ) besides, the words preceding show that he should be carried captive into another land.

Isaiah 22:19 In-Context

17 Look! Yahweh [is] about to {really hurl} you, man! And he [is] about to grasp you firmly;

18 he will wind a winding tightly around you like [a] ball, to a {wide land}. There you shall die, and there the chariots of your splendor [will be], disgrace to your master's house!

19 And I will push you from your office, and he will throw you down from your position.

20 And this shall happen: On that day I will call to my servant, Eliakim son of Hilkiah,

21 and I will clothe him [with] your tunic, and I will bind your sash firmly about him, and I will put your authority into his hand, and he shall be like a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem and to the house of Judah.