richmahn_en_tn/isa/22/16.md

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What are you doing here and who gave you permission ... in the rock?

Yahweh uses this question to scold Shebna. Alternate translation: "You have no right ... in the rock!" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion)

cut out a tomb ... hewing out a grave ... carving out a resting place

These three phrases all refer to making a burial tomb. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism)

on the heights

The most important people in Israel had tombs in the highest places. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit)