[15] This is what the Lord, the LORD Almighty, says: “Go, say to this steward, to Shebna the palace administrator: [16] 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] “Beware, the LORD is about to take firm hold of you and hurl you away, you mighty man. [18] 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 depose you from your office, and you will be ousted from your position. [20] “In that day I will summon my servant, Eliakim son of Hilkiah. [21] 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] 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. [23] I will drive him like a peg into a firm place; he will become a seat of honor for the house of his father. [24] All the glory of his family will hang on him: its offspring and offshoots—all its lesser vessels, from the bowls to all the jars. [25] “In that day,” declares the LORD Almighty, “the peg driven into the firm place will give way; it will be sheared off and will fall, and the load hanging on it will be cut down.” The LORD has spoken.
