Isaiah 22:16

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

‘What right do you have to be here? What relatives do you have buried here? Why do you chisel out a tomb for yourself here? He chisels out his burial site in an elevated place, he carves out his tomb on a cliff.

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Referenced Verses

  • Matt 27:60 : 60 and placed it in his own new tomb that he had cut in the rock. Then he rolled a great stone across the entrance of the tomb and went away.
  • 2 Sam 18:18 : 18 Prior to this Absalom had set up a monument and dedicated it to himself in the King’s Valley, reasoning“I have no son who will carry on my name.” He named the monument after himself, and to this day it is known as Absalom’s Memorial.
  • 2 Chr 16:14 : 14 He was buried in the tomb he had carved out in the City of David. They laid him to rest on a platform covered with spices and assorted mixtures of ointments. They made a huge bonfire to honor him.
  • Job 3:14 : 14 with kings and counselors of the earth who built for themselves places now desolate,
  • Isa 14:18 : 18 As for all the kings of the nations, all of them lie down in splendor, each in his own tomb.
  • Isa 52:5 : 5 And now, what do we have here?” says the LORD.“Indeed my people have been carried away for nothing, those who rule over them taunt,” says the LORD,“and my name is constantly slandered all day long.
  • Mic 2:10 : 10 But you are the ones who will be forced to leave! For this land is not secure! Sin will thoroughly destroy it!

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