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Introduction to Isaiah 22

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This chapter presents a pair of oracles that address the situation in Jerusalem during the Assyrian siege of 701 B.C. (That is described in chapters 36 and 37.) In the first oracle, Yahweh chastises the Judeans for their response to the siege. It describes how the Assyrians surrounded the city and what preparations the Judeans made to resist them. But it then describes how, instead of repenting sorrowfully and sincerely, many Judeans held feasts to have a good time before they died. In the second oracle, Yahweh chastises Shebna, the official in charge of the royal palace, for having a splendid tomb carved out for himself on a cliff overlooking the city. He too, instead of sincerely asking Yahweh for help, only wanted to die in style. Yahweh says that he will replace Shebna with a godly man, Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah. (Readers learn in chapters 36 and 37 that Eliakim was one of the royal officials who engaged the Assyrian officers and then went to Isaiah to ask him to pray for the people of Jerusalem.) 1. The people of Jerusalem celebrate fatalistically rather than repent (1–14) 2. Yahweh will replace Shebna with Eliakim (15–25)

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Introduction to Isaiah 22

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