Isaiah 22:18

22:18 He will wind you up tightly into a ball

and throw you into a wide, open land.

There you will die,

and there with you will be your impressive chariots,

which bring disgrace to the house of your master.

Isaiah 36:12

36:12 But the chief adviser said, “My master did not send me to speak these words only to your master and to you. His message is also for the men who sit on the wall, for they will eat their own excrement and drink their own urine along with you!”

Isaiah 51:22

51:22 This is what your sovereign master, the Lord your God, says:

“Look, I have removed from your hand

the cup of intoxicating wine,

the goblet full of my anger.

You will no longer have to drink it.


tn Heb “and he will tightly [or “surely”] wind you [with] winding like a ball, to a land broad of hands [i.e., “sides”].”

tn Heb “and there the chariots of your splendor.”

sn Apparently the reference to chariots alludes to Shebna’s excessive pride, which in turn brings disgrace to the royal family.

tn Heb “To your master and to you did my master send me to speak these words?” The rhetorical question expects a negative answer.

tn Heb “[Is it] not [also] to the men…?” The rhetorical question expects the answer, “Yes, it is.”

tn The Hebrew term translated “sovereign master” here is אֲדֹנָי (’adonay).

tn Heb “the cup of [= that causes] staggering” (so ASV, NAB, NRSV); NASB “the cup of reeling.”

tn Heb “the goblet of the cup of my anger.”