Yeshayah 22:19

19 And I will drive thee from thy matzav (position) and from thy position shall He pull thee down.

Yeshayah 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.

Yeshayah 22:19 In-Context

17 Hinei, Hashem will throw thee out, gever, and will surely seize thee.

18 He will surely violently turn and toss thee like a kadoor (ball) into a wide country; there shalt thou die, and there the merkevot (chariots) of thy kavod shall be the disgrace of the Bais Adonecha.

19 And I will drive thee from thy matzav (position) and from thy position shall He pull thee down.

20 And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will summon My eved Elyakim Ben Chilkiyah;

21 And I will clothe him with thy kesones, and strengthen him with thy avnet (sash) and I will commit thy memshelet (authority) into his yad; and he shall be an av to the inhabitants of Yerushalayim, and to the Bais Yehudah.