Isaiah 28:14-16

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Judah Is Warned

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Therefore, hear the word of the Lord, you arrogant men
Who rule this people who are in Jerusalem!
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Because you have said, “We have made a covenant with death,
And with Sheol (the place of the dead) we have made an agreement,
When the overwhelming scourge passes by, it will not reach us,
For we have made lies our refuge and we have concealed ourselves in deception.”

¹⁶Therefore the Lord God says this,

“Listen carefully, I am laying in Zion a Stone, a tested Stone,
A precious Cornerstone for the [secure] foundation, firmly placed.
He who believes [who trusts in, relies on, and adheres to that Stone] will not ^[a]be disturbed or give way [in sudden panic].^(A)

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