Isaiah 22 · Verse 24

Isaiah 22:24

And they shall hang upon him all the glory of his father’s house, the offspring and the issue, all vessels of small quantity, from the vessels of cups, even to all the vessels of flagons.
Isaiah 22:24, King James Version

Isaiah 22:24 in other translations

BSBSo they will hang on him all the glory of his father’s house: the descendants and the offshoots—all the lesser vessels, from bowls to every kind of jar.
WEBThey will hang on him all the glory of his father’s house, the offspring and the issue, every small vessel, from the cups even to all the pitchers.
ASVAnd they shall hang upon him all the glory of his father’s house, the offspring and the issue, every small vessel, from the cups even to all the flagons.
YLTAnd they have hanged on him All the honour of the house of his father, The offspring and the issue, All vessels of small quality, From vessels of basins to all vessels of flagons.
DARBYand they shall hang upon him all the glory of his father's house, the offspring and the issue, all the small vessels, as well the vessels of cups as all the vessels of flagons.
BBEAnd all the glory of his father's family will be hanging on him, all their offspring, every small vessel, even the cups and the basins.
WebsterAnd they shall hang upon him all the glory of his father's house, the offspring and the issue, all vessels of small quantity, from the vessels of cups, even to all the vessels of flagons.

What does Isaiah 22:24 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
24. Same image as in Is 22:23. It was customary to "hang" the valuables of a house on nails (1Ki 10:16, 17, 21; So 4:4). offspring and the issue--rather, "the offshoots of the family, high and low" [Vitringa]. Eliakim would reflect honor even on the latter. vessels of cups--of small capacity: answering to the low and humble offshoots. vessels of flagons--larger vessels: answering to the high offshoots.

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 24 All the glory - One considerable part of the magnificence of the eastern princes consisted in the great quantity of gold and silver vessels which they had for various uses. "Solomon's drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold; none were of silver; it was nothing accounted of in Solomon's days;" 1Kgs 10:21. "The vessels in the house of the forest of Lebanon," the armory of Jerusalem so called, "were two hundred targets, and three hundred shields of beaten gold." Ibid. 1Kgs 10:16, 1Kgs 10:17. These were ranged in order upon the walls of the armory, (see Sol 4:4), upon pins worked into the walls on purpose, as above mentioned. Eliakim is considered as a principal stake of this sort, immovably fastened in the wall for the support of all vessels destined for common or sacred uses; that is, as the principal support of the whole civil and ecclesiastical polity. And the consequence of his continued power will be the promotion and flourishing condition of his family and dependents, from the highest to the lowest. Vessels of flagons "Meaner vessels" - נבלים nebalim seems to mean earthen vessels of common use, brittle, and of little value, (see Lam 4:2; Jer 48:12), in opposition to אגנות aganoth, goblets of gold and silver used in the sacrifices. Exo 24:6.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · 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 22:24 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.

וְתָל֨וּve.ta.Luand they will hangH8518
עָלָ֜יו'a.Lavon himH5921
כֹּ֣ל\׀kolallH3605
כְּב֣וֹדke.Vod[the] honor ofH3519
בֵּית\־beit-[the] house ofH1004
אָבִ֗יו'a.Vivfather hisH1
הַצֶּֽאֱצָאִים֙ha.tze.'e.tza.'Imthe descendantsH6631
וְהַצְּפִע֔וֹתve.ha.tze.fi.'otand the offshoot<s>H6849
כֹּ֖לkolallH3605
כְּלֵ֣יke.Lei[the] vessels ofH3627
הַקָּטָ֑ןha.ka.Tanthe smallH6996
מִכְּלֵי֙mi.ke.Leifrom [the] vessels ofH3627
הָֽאַגָּנ֔וֹתha.'a.ga.Notthe bowlsH101
וְעַ֖דve.'Adand untoH5704
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
כְּלֵ֥יke.Lei[the] vessels ofH3627
הַנְּבָלִֽים\׃ha.ne.va.Limthe jarsH5035

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Cross references for Isaiah 22:24

  • John 20:21-23

    Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you: as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you. And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost: Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained.

  • 2 Timothy 2:20-21

    But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth; and some to honour, and some to dishonour. If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master’s use, and prepared unto every good work.

  • Daniel 6:1-3

    It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom an hundred and twenty princes, which should be over the whole kingdom; And over these three presidents; of whom Daniel was first: that the princes might give accounts unto them, and the king should have no damage. Then this Daniel was preferred above the presidents and princes, because an excellent spirit was in him; and the king thought to set him over the whole realm.

  • Matthew 28:18

    And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.

  • John 5:22-27

    For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son: That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him. Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life. Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live. …

  • Genesis 41:44-45

    And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I am Pharaoh, and without thee shall no man lift up his hand or foot in all the land of Egypt. And Pharaoh called Joseph’s name Zaphnath–paaneah; and he gave him to wife Asenath the daughter of Poti–pherah priest of On. And Joseph went out over all the land of Egypt.

  • Genesis 47:11-25

    And Joseph placed his father and his brethren, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded. And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his father’s household, with bread, according to their families. And there was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very sore, so that the land of Egypt and all the land of Canaan fainted by reason of the famine. And Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, for the corn which they bought: and Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh’s house. …

  • Romans 9:22-23

    What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction: And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory,

  • Ezekiel 15:3

    Shall wood be taken thereof to do any work? or will men take a pin of it to hang any vessel thereon?

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
hang.
Ge 41:44,45; 47:11-25; Da 6:1-3; Mt 28:18; Joh 5:22-27; 20:21-23
vessels of small.
Eze 15:3; Ro 9:22,23; 2Ti 2:20,21
vessels of flagons. or, instruments of viols.

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Context

  • Isaiah 22:23

    And I will fasten him as a nail in a sure place; and he shall be for a glorious throne to his father’s house.

  • Isaiah 22:24

    And they shall hang upon him all the glory of his father’s house, the offspring and the issue, all vessels of small quantity, from the vessels of cups, even to all the vessels of flagons.

  • Isaiah 22:25

    In that day, saith the Lord of hosts, shall the nail that is fastened in the sure place be removed, and be cut down, and fall; and the burden that was upon it shall be cut off: for the Lord hath spoken it.

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Isaiah 22:24 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y colgarán de él toda la honra de la casa de su padre, los hijos y los nietos, todos los vasos menores, desde los vasos de beber hasta todos los instrumentos de música.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		et on suspendra sur lui toute la gloire de la maison de son père: les descendants et les rejetons, tous les petits vases, tant les coupes que toutes les amphores.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und man wird an ihn hängen die gesamte Herrlichkeit seines Vaterhauses: die Sprößlinge und die Seitenschosse, alle kleinen Gefäße, von den Beckengefäßen bis zu allen Kruggefäßen. -
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et suspendent super eum omnem gloriam domus patris ejus; vasorum diversa genera, omne vas parvulum, a vasis craterarum usque ad omne vas musicorum.