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A Covenant With Death

14 So now, hear the word of the Lord, you scoffers,
who rule this people in Jerusalem.
15 You said:
    We have made a covenant with death,
    an agreement with the grave.[a]
    When the punishing whip[b] comes, it will not touch us,
    for we have made lies our refuge,
    and we have hidden ourselves behind falsehood.

A Cornerstone for Zion

16 Therefore, this is what the Lord God says:
    Look, I am laying a stone in Zion as a foundation,
    a tested stone,
    a precious cornerstone to provide a sure foundation.
    Whoever believes will not be put to shame.[c]

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 28:15 Hebrew sheol
  2. Isaiah 28:15 Or overwhelming judgment. The two words in this phrase do not match well. The noun means whip. The adjective means flooding. Also in verse 18.
  3. Isaiah 28:16 The translation here follows the Greek text. The Hebrew and Latin read will not be in haste.