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This is what the Lord ^(F1)GOD of armies says: "Come, go to this steward, To ^(C1)Shebna who is in charge of the royal household,

'What right do you have here, And whom do you have here, That you have ^(C1)cut out a tomb for yourself here, You who cut out a tomb on the height, You who carve a resting place for ^(F1)yourself in the rock?

-'Behold, the LORD is about to hurl you violently, you strong man. And He is about to grasp you firmly

And wrap you up tightly like a ball, To be ^(C1)driven into a vast country; There you will die, And there your splendid chariots will be, You shame of your master's house!'

-"I will ^(C1)depose you from your office, And ^(F1)I will pull you down from your position.

-"Then it will come about on that day, That I will summon My servant ^(C1)Eliakim the son of Hilkiah,

And I will clothe him with your tunic And tie your sash securely around him. I will hand your ^(F1)authority over to him, And he will become a ^(C1)father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem and to the house of Judah.

-"Then I will put ^(C1)the key of the ^(C2)house of David on his shoulder; When he opens, no one will shut, When he shuts, no one will ^(C3)open.

-"I will drive him like a ^(C1)peg in a firm place, And he will become a ^(C2)throne of glory to his father's house.

"So they will hang on him all the glory of his father's house, the offspring and the ^(F1)descendants, all the least of vessels, from bowls to all the jars.

"On that day," declares the LORD of armies, "the ^(C1)peg driven into a firm place will give way; it will even ^(C2)break off and fall, and the load that is hanging on it will be cut off, for the ^(C3)LORD has spoken."