I will thrust you out from your office, and pull you down from your station, a statement expressing the definitiveness of Shebna's removal from power. The paired actions of thrusting out and pulling down emphasize the totality of displacement, leaving no possibility of return or rehabilitation within the court structure. This verse establishes that judgment can involve removal from position and the severance of the relationships and status that had been central to one's life. The personal address—"I will thrust you"—maintains the divine voice as the active agent in judgment, precluding any interpretation of Shebna's downfall as merely human political maneuvering. The oracle establishes the prophet as the announcer of God's judgment against specific individuals, not merely against abstract national failures.

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