A reading from
the Book of the Prophet Isaiah22:19-23
Thus says the Lord to Shebna, master of the palace:/ “I will thrust you from your office/ and pull you down from your station./ On that day I will summon my servant/ Eliakim, son of Hilkiah;/ I will clothe him with your robe,/ and gird him with your sash,/ and give over to him your authority./ He shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem,/ and to the house of Judah./ I will place the key of the House of David on Eliakim’s shoulder;/ when he opens, no one shall shut,/ when he shuts, no one shall open./ I will fix him like a peg in a sure spot,/ to be a place of honor for his family.”
The word of the Lord.
