Isaiah 22:16
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What hast thou here? and whom hast thou here, that thou hast hewed thee out a sepulchre here, as he that heweth him out a sepulchre on high, and that graveth an habitation for himself in a rock?What are you doing here, and who authorized you to carve out a tomb for yourself here—to chisel your tomb in the height and cut your resting place in the rock?
In other translations
What hast thou here? and whom hast thou here, that thou hast hewed thee out a sepulchre here, as he that heweth him out a sepulchre on high, and that graveth an habitation for himself in a rock?What are you doing here, and who authorized you to carve out a tomb for yourself here—to chisel your tomb in the height and cut your resting place in the rock?
Hebrew words
מַה־mah-what?H4100לְּךָlekha[belongs] to youפֹהfohhereH6311וּמִיumiand who?H4310לְךָlekha[belongs] to youפֹהfohhereH6311כִּי־ki-thatH3588חָצַבְתָּchatzavtayou have dug outH2672לְּךָlekhafor yourselfפֹּהpohhereH6311קָבֶרkavera tombH6913חֹצְבִיchotzevidigging outH2672מָרוֹםmaromhigh placeH4791קִבְרוֹkivrotomb hisH6913חֹקְקִיchokekicuttingH2710בַסֶּלַעvasela'in the rockH5553מִשְׁכָּןmishkana dwellingH4908לוֹ׃lofor <the> himself
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- Matthew 27:60And laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock: and he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre, and departed.and placed it in his own new tomb that he had cut into the rock. Then he rolled a great stone across the entrance to the tomb and went away.
- 2 Chronicles 16:14And they buried him in his own sepulchres, which he had made for himself in the city of David, and laid him in the bed which was filled with sweet odours and divers kinds of spices prepared by the apothecaries’ art: and they made a very great burning for him.And he was buried in the tomb that he had cut out for himself in the City of David. They laid him on a bier that was full of spices and various blended perfumes; then they made a great fire in his honor.
- 2 Samuel 18:18Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself a pillar, which is in the king’s dale: for he said, I have no son to keep my name in remembrance: and he called the pillar after his own name: and it is called unto this day, Absalom’s place.During his lifetime, Absalom had set up for himself a pillar in the King’s Valley, for he had said, “I have no son to preserve the memory of my name.” So he gave the pillar his name, and to this day it is called Absalom’s Monument.
- Job 3:14With kings and counsellors of the earth, which built desolate places for themselves;with kings and counselors of the earth, who built for themselves cities now in ruins,
- Isaiah 52:5Now therefore, what have I here, saith the Lord, that my people is taken away for nought? they that rule over them make them to howl, saith the Lord; and my name continually every day is blasphemed.And now what have I here? declares the LORD. For My people have been taken without cause; those who rule them taunt, declares the LORD, and My name is blasphemed continually all day long.
- Isaiah 14:18All the kings of the nations, even all of them, lie in glory, every one in his own house.All the kings of the nations lie in state, each in his own tomb.
- Micah 2:10Arise ye, and depart; for this is not your rest: because it is polluted, it shall destroy you, even with a sore destruction.Arise and depart, for this is not your place of rest, because its defilement brings destruction— a grievous destruction!
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