The Pulpit Commentary — Isaiah — Volume 1 — Section 356

of the Jlll!llag-e. According t.b some, the two thus ehut off the body from the chnmbcl', oflfoiRla rcproeont r<>spectively the two cove- Chl\mbem hl\d soinctimos t,velve surh loc11U. nants, U1e old an,l the new; aooording to An habitation (comp. Eccles;·xii. 5). • Wo oth<>rs, they etand for the two great parties must not suppose, nowever, that the Jc1vs like the Egyptians nnd Etruscane, regarded in the Jewish etate of the time-that whioh . the soul as inhabiting the tomb. 'I'he soul put its trust in Jehovah, and that which descended into she.tit; the grave wrui the leant upon heathen allianoos. "hnhitation" of the body only, Ver. 15.-The Lord God of hosts. This Yer. 17.-The Lord will oa.rr:, thee away form, A donay JehmJah Taabaot.h - rarely with a mighty oaptivity; rather, the Lord. need by Isaiah, but occurring abo'l"e in rnrs. will hm·l tlwe away, 0 man, with a hurling; .'\, 12, and 13-sC'cme to show that this i.e. "will llurl thee nwa.y to a distance." It faction is in its right place, being intended is not said th11t Shebna would be I\ captive. 118 a SC'4Uel to the description of Sennache- Will eurely oover thee ; literally, will cover rib's siege. This treasurer. The word " this'' thee ,cith a covering ; i.e. "will make thee ob- ie contemptuous. That translated "tren- scure" (Rosenmiiller)-a fitting punishment BUrer" is of doubtful import. The key to it for one who nimed at attracting attention: is probably to be found in the cogno.to and making himself famous (ver. 16), noun, translated "storehouse " in 2 Chron. Ver. 18.-He will surely violently turn :u;xii 28, 11nd "storE\" in 1 Kings ix. 19; 2 and toss thee, eto. ; literally, rolling h6 will Cbron. nii. 4, 6; X\'i, 4; xvii. 12. Tro.ns- roll thee with rolling like a ba_U, etc. Into a late, thu storeke,per. Shebna. (see below, large country. Assyria, or per)la.p~ Egypt. c!J. xxx'l"i. 2, 11, 22; xxxvii. 2; and comp. If Shebna was disgraced on occouot of his 2 Kings x,iii. 18, etc.). The name, wliich is recommending the Egyptian alliance, he not found elsewhere, is thought to be Syriao may not improbably have taken, refuge with rather than Hebrew, and Shebna himself is Tirhakah. There the ohariota of thy glory oonjectured to have been a foreign o.dven- shall be the shame of thy lo~'a hoUBe; turer, perho.ps "a refugee from DamascUB" ratller, there shall be the cha,·iots of thy glonJ, (Cheyne). (See the next verse.) Whioh is 0 thou sh.a'TTl6 of thy lord's house. His charipta, over the house. An office like the imperial in which he gloried, should accompany him, pr:xfcctus palatio" at Bome, or the Frankish either as spoil ta.ken by the enemy, or as the " mayor of the palace" (see Gen. xii. 40; instruments of his flight. 1 Kings iv. 6; xviii 3). At this time it Ver. 19. - I . will drive . t)lee fr9m thy seems to ha.'l"e been the highest office that a station; rather, .from thy post, or, office BULjcct conld hold (2 Cbron. x:xvi. 21 ; 2 (comp. 1 Chron, xxiii ..28). Sha.11 he pull Kings xviii. 18, etc.). th,ee down. Jehovah seems to be -meant in Ver. 16.-What hast thon here! i.e. what both clauses (comp. eh. xuiv.. 16). The baines8, or what right? It seems, certainly, full accomplishment of this prophecy is no- t.o be implied that Bhebna we.e wholly un- where declared to us. We merely find that, connected with Jerusalem. Whom hast by the time of Rabshakeh's a.rrivnl at Jeru- thou here 1 i.e. what relo.tions? what family? salem as Sennacherib's envoy (eh. xxxvi. To be justified in hewing ont e. large tomb, 2-4), Shebna had lost his post e.s prefect Shebna !!honld have had a numerous family of the palaC<', and filled the lower position for whom graves wonld be needed. Other- of scribe or secret~ry. He may, bowQver, wise, liis excavation of a grand sepulchre havo been subsequently further degraded, was merely selfish and ostentations. As lle o.nd thereupon he may have fled to Egypt, that heweth him out a sepulchre on high. as Jeroboam did (1 Kings :xi. 40). Jewish tombs of uny pretension were gene- Ver. 20.-In ~hat day. In the day , of rally excava1tions in the soliii rock, on the Shebna's deposition from his office of prefect sid., of some hill or mount.a.in, and had often of the palace. My servant Elie.kim. On the a very elevated position. Tombs exist O)l dignity of this title, w)lcn given by God the slopes of all the hills a.bout Jerusalem, 1:umself, see the comment on eh. xx. 3. but a.re most numerous on the eastern side • Ver. 21.-With thy robe . . . witll thy of the temple mount, which slopes steeply girdle. The dress of office wo'rn by Sh11bna to the Kedron l'a.I.ley. A square-topped door- would be token from h~m, and •;r):li/lkim way !earls into a cllamber, generally square, would be invested therewith. The '"roro" from which recesses, six or seven feet long, is the long-sleeved cloak or tu_nici worri oom.~ twu broo.d, and throe high, are carried into monly by persons of rank;. the ('girdle" is the rock horizontally, either on e. level with probably o.u o.rnamental one, ..like those of the floor, or with a platform, or shelf, Lalf- the priests (E:xocl. xxviii. 30), 'wc;>~n over way up one of the walls. These recesses the inner tunic. He shall be a fa.the~; i.e. hav;, been called locnli. After o. body had II protector, counsellor, guide (r,omp. Job bten JJlactd i11 one, it was commonly closed uix. 16," I w11H a father to the poor: and lhc by o. atone, wllieh fitted into the end, and cauee which I knew uot I searched out") 1' OIL xxn. 1-25.J THE BOOK OF THE PROPHET ISAIAH.