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Isaiah 22:18 Cross-References

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He will surely violently turn and toss thee like a ball into a large country: there shalt thou die, and there the chariots of thy glory shall be the shame of thy lord's house. large: Heb. large of spaces

Isaiah 22:18 (KJV)

Commentary on Isaiah 22:18

He will surely violently turn and toss thee like a ball into a large country—The imagery intensifies: ṣānōp̄ yiṣnop̄kā ṣənēp̄â (צָנוֹף יִצְנָפְךָ צְנֵפָה) uses wordplay meaning 'wrap up, whirl around, toss violently'—like winding up a ball and hurling it far away. The large country (אֶרֶץ רַחֲבַת יָדָיִם, ʾereṣ raḥăḇaṯ yāḏayim, literally 'land broad of hands/borders') suggests either Assyria or Babylon, vast empires where Shebna would die in anonymity.There shalt thou die, and there the chariots of thy glory shall be the shame of thy lord's house—Shebna's prized chariots (מַרְכְּבוֹת כְּבוֹדֶך...

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