³ Then came forth unto him Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, the son of Asaph, the recorder.

¹⁶ And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder;

¹⁷ and Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, were priests; and Seraiah was scribe;

²⁴ and Adoram was over the men subject to taskwork; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was the recorder;

²⁵ and Sheva was scribe; and Zadok and Abiathar were priests;

¹⁵ Thus saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, Go, get thee unto this treasurer, even unto Shebna, who is over the house, `and say',

¹⁶ What doest thou here? and whom has thou here, that thou hast hewed thee out here a sepulchre? hewing him out a sepulchre on high, graving a habitation for himself in the rock!

¹⁷ Behold, Jehovah, like a `strong' man, will hurl thee away violently; yea, he will wrap thee up closely.

¹⁸ 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.

¹⁹ And I will thrust thee from thine office; and from thy station shalt thou be pulled down.

²⁰ And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will call my servant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah:

²¹ and I will cloth him with thy robe, and strengthen him with thy girdle, and I will commit thy government into his hand; and he shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to the house of Judah.