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15 Thus says the Lord GOD of hosts, "Come, go to this steward, to Shebna, who is over the household, and say to him:
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This is what the Lord, the LORD Almighty, says: “Go, say to this steward, to Shebna the palace administrator:
16 What have you to do here and whom have you here, that you have hewn here a tomb for yourself, you who hew a tomb on the height, and carve a habitation for yourself in the rock?
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What are you doing here and who gave you permission to cut out a grave for yourself here, hewing your grave on the height and chiseling your resting place in the rock?
17 Behold, the LORD will hurl you away violently, O you strong man. He will seize firm hold on you,
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“Beware, the LORD is about to take firm hold of you and hurl you away, you mighty man.
18 and whirl you round and round, and throw you like a ball into a wide land; there you shall die, and there shall be your splendid chariots, you shame of your master's house.
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He will roll you up tightly like a ball and throw you into a large country. There you will die and there the chariots you were so proud of will become a disgrace to your master’s house.
19 I will thrust you from your office, and you will be cast down from your station.
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I will depose you from your office, and you will be ousted from your position.
20 In that day I will call my servant Eli'akim the son of Hilki'ah,
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“In that day I will summon my servant, Eliakim son of Hilkiah.
21 and I will clothe him with your robe, and will bind your girdle on him, and will commit your authority to his hand; and he shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem and to the house of Judah.
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I will clothe him with your robe and fasten your sash around him and hand your authority over to him. He will be a father to those who live in Jerusalem and to the people of Judah.
22 And I will place on his shoulder the key of the house of David; he shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open.
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I will place on his shoulder the key to the house of David; what he opens no one can shut, and what he shuts no one can open.
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