🕊️WEB · Isaiah 22:20

What does Isaiah 22:20 mean?

"It will happen in that day that I will call my servant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah,"

— Isaiah 22:20 (World English Bible)

Surrounding context

17

Behold, Yahweh will overcome you and hurl you away violently. Yes, he will grasp you firmly.

18

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 shame of your lord’s house.

19

I will thrust you from your office. You will be pulled down from your station.

20

It will happen in that day that I will call my servant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah,

21

and I will clothe him with your robe, and strengthen him with your belt. I will commit your government into his hand; and he will be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to the house of Judah.

22

I will lay the key of David’s house on his shoulder. He will open, and no one will shut. He will shut, and no one will open.

23

I will fasten him like a nail in a sure place. He will be for a throne of glory to his father’s house.

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Biblical perspective

What does 222 mean in the Bible?

If you've been seeing 222 and searching for its spiritual meaning, the Bible doesn't use number patterns as divine signals — but it does speak clearly about God's faithfulness and timing.

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