Selfish Officials Are Doomed

¹⁵ The Lord All-Powerful is sending me with this message for Shebna, the prime minister:

¹⁹ The Lord is going to take away your job! ^20-21 He will give your official robes and your authority to his servant Eliakim son of Hilkiah.

Eliakim will be like a father to the people of Jerusalem and to the royal family of Judah. ^22 (A) The Lord will put him in charge of the key that belongs to King David's family. No one will be able to unlock what he locks, and no one will be able to lock what he unlocks. ²³ The Lord will make him as firm in his position as a tent peg hammered in the ground, and Eliakim will bring honor to his family.