Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
What . . . whom—The prophet accosts Shebna at the very place where he was building a grand sepulcher for himself and his family (compare Isaiah 14:18; Gen. 23:1-20; Genesis 49:29; Genesis 50:13). "What (business) hast thou here, and whom hast thou (of thy family, who is likely to be buried) here, that thou buildest," etc., seeing that thou art soon to be deposed from office and carried into captivity? [MAURER].
on high—Sepulchres were made in the highest rocks (II Chronicles 32:33, Margin).
habitation for himself—compare "his own house" (Isaiah 14:18).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Isaiah 22:16:
Isaiah 22:15
Isaiah 36:3
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