47 – Wicked Leaders in Judah
God diverges from his prophecy to Isaiah about Jerusalem to speak about Shebna, a traitorous official in the court of King Hezekiah. This was a divine commission to Isaiah to confront Shebna, the treasurer who was king Hezekiah’s principal financial officer of the court. Isaiah uses this statement referring to Shebna’s position contemptuously: “this treasurer, […]