Isaiah 22 · Verse 18

Isaiah 22:18

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.

Isaiah 22:18, King James Version

Isaiah 22:18 in other translations

BSB	roll you into a ball, and sling you into a wide land. There you will die, and there your glorious chariots will remain—a disgrace to the house of your master.
WEB	He will surely wind you around and around, and throw you like a ball into a large country. There you will die, and there the chariots of your glory will be, you disgrace of your lord’s house.
ASV	He will surely wind thee round and round, and toss thee like a ball into a large country; there shalt thou die, and there shall be the chariots of thy glory, thou shame of thy lord’s house.
YLT	And thy coverer covering, wrapping round, Wrappeth thee round, O babbler, On a land broad of sides--there thou diest, And there the chariots of thine honour Are the shame of the house of thy lord.
DARBY	Rolling thee up completely, he will roll thee as a ball into a wide country: there shalt thou die, and there shall be the chariots of thy glory, O shame of thy lord's house!
BBE	Twisting you round and round like a ball he will send you out into a wide country: there you will come to your end, and there will be the carriages of your pride, O shame of your lord's house!
Webster	With violence he will surely turn and toss thee like a ball into a wide country: there shalt thou die, and there the chariots of thy glory shall be the shame of thy lord's house.

What does Isaiah 22:18 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

18. violently turn and toss--literally, "whirling He will whirl thee," that is, He will, without intermission, whirl thee [Maurer]. "He will whirl thee round and round, and (then) cast thee away," as a stone in a sling is first whirled round repeatedly, before the string is let go [Lowth]. large country--perhaps Assyria. chariots ... shall be the shame of thy lord's house--rather, "thy splendid chariots shall be there, O thou disgrace of thy lord's house" [Noyes]; "chariots of thy glory" mean "thy magnificent chariots." It is not meant that he would have these in a distant land, as he had in Jerusalem, but that he would be borne thither in ignominy instead of in his magnificent chariots. The Jews say that he was tied to the tails of horses by the enemy, to whom he had designed to betray Jerusalem, as they thought he was mocking them; and so he died.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Isaiah 22:15-25

This message to Shebna is a reproof of his pride, vanity, and security; what vanity is all earthly grandeur, which death will so soon end! What will it avail, whether we are laid in a magnificent tomb, or covered with the green sod? Those who, when in power, turn and toss others, will be justly turned and tossed themselves. Eliakim should be put into Shebna's place. Those called to places of trust and power, should…

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Isaiah 22:18 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

צָנ֤וֹףtza.Nofcertainly <to wind up>H6801

יִצְנָפְךָ֙yitz.na.fe.Khahe will wind up youH6801

צְנֵפָ֔הtze.ne.Faha windingH6802

כַּדּ֕וּרka.Dura ballH1754

אֶל\־'el-toH413

אֶ֖רֶץ'E.retza landH776

רַחֲבַ֣תra.cha.Vatbroad ofH7342

יָדָ֑יִםya.Da.yimboth handsH3027

שָׁ֣מָּהSha.mahthere <towards>H8033

תָמ֗וּתta.Mutyou will dieH4191

וְשָׁ֙מָּה֙ve.Sha.mahand there <towards>H8033

מַרְכְּב֣וֹתmar.ke.Vot[the] chariots ofH4818

כְּבוֹדֶ֔ךָke.vo.De.khasplendor yourH3519

קְל֖וֹןke.Lon[will be] [the] disgrace ofH7036

בֵּ֥יתbeit[the] house ofH1004

אֲדֹנֶֽיךָ\׃'a.do.Nei.khamaster<s> yourH113

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Isaiah 22:18

Isaiah 17:13
The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but God shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like a rolling thing before the whirlwind.
Amos 7:17
Therefore thus saith the Lord; Thy wife shall be an harlot in the city, and thy sons and thy daughters shall fall by the sword, and thy land shall be divided by line; and thou shalt die in a polluted land: and Israel shall surely go into captivity forth of his land.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

surely.
17:13; Am 7:17
a large country. Heb. a land large of spaces.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

Isaiah 22:17
Behold, the Lord will carry thee away with a mighty captivity, and will surely cover thee.
Isaiah 22:18
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.
Isaiah 22:19
And I will drive thee from thy station, and from thy state shall he pull thee down.

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Isaiah 22:18 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Te echará á rodar con ímpetu, como á bola por tierra larga de términos: allá morirás, y allá estarán los carros de tu gloria, oh vergüenza de la casa de tu señor.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	T’enroulant en pelote, il te roulera comme une boule dans un pays spacieux. Là tu mourras, et là seront les chars de ta gloire, ô opprobre de la maison de ton Seigneur!
German Elberfelder 1871	zu einem Knäuel wird er dich fest zusammenrollen, wie einen Ball dich wegschleudern in ein geräumiges Land. Dort sollst du sterben, und dorthin sollen deine Prachtwagen kommen, du Schande des Hauses deines Herrn!
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Coronas coronabit te tribulatione; quasi pilam mittet te in terram latam et spatiosam; ibi morieris, et ibi erit currus gloriæ tuæ, ignominia domus domini tui.