Isaiah 22:16
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 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?
Isaiah 22:16 stands within the connected prophecies of Isaiah 20, 21, and 22 concerning Assyria, the wilderness of the South, Idumea, and Israel, with chapter 22 carrying the message concerning Israel. That chapter is directed against Jerusalem. The verse confronts a man for claiming a place in Jerusalem and cutting an elaborate tomb for himself high in the rock. He is challenged because he has no rightful place or claim there, yet acts as though he had a right to settle there and to secure his own memory.