Thematic Bible: An official of the king


Thematic Bible



The Lord, the Lord of armies, says, Go to this person in authority, this Shebna, who is over the house; who has made himself a resting-place on high, cutting out a place for himself in the rock, and say, Who are you, and by what right have you made for yourself a resting-place here? See, O strong man, the Lord will send you violently away, gripping you with force, read more.
Twisting you round and round like a ball he will send you out into a wide country: there you will come to your end, and there will be the carriages of your pride, O shame of your lord's house! And I will have you forced out of your place of authority, and pulled down from your position.

Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain