I will remove you from office, and you will be ousted from your position.
Parallel translations
- WEB I will thrust you from your office. You will be pulled down from your station.
- KJV And I will drive thee from thy station, and from thy state shall he pull thee down.
- NKJV So I will drive you out of your office, And from your position he will pull you down.
- NASB “I will depose you from your office, And I will pull you down from your position.
- NLT “Yes, I will drive you out of office,” says the Lord. “I will pull you down from your high position.
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Quick answer
God will strip Shebna of his office and station. It matters because it shows that positions of power are held only at God's pleasure.
Overview
The LORD announces he will thrust Shebna from his post and pull him down from his place of authority. The proud steward is decisively removed from the office he abused for self-promotion. His fall makes room for a faithful replacement. The verse underscores that all authority is granted by God and can be taken away.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 4
- Ezek 17:24Then all the trees of the field will know that I am the LORD. I bring the tall tree down and make the low tree tall. I dry up the green tree and make the withered tree flourish. I, the LORD, have spoken, and I have done it.’”
- Job 40:11–12Unleash the fury of your wrath; look on every proud man and bring him low.
- Luke 1:52He has brought down rulers from their thrones, but has exalted the humble.
- Ps 75:6–7For exaltation comes neither from east nor west, nor out of the desert,
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