Key Verse Spotlight
Isaiah 22:20 β Meaning and Application
King James Version
βAnd it shall come to pass in that day, that I will call my servant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah:β
Isaiah 22:20
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
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}
And I will drive thee from thy station, and from thy state shall he pull thee down.
And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will call my servant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah:
And I will clothe him with thy robe, and strengthen him with thy girdle, and I will commit thy government into his hand: and he shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to the house of Judah.
And the key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder; so he shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open.
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