¹⁵ You boast, “We have entered into a covenant with death,^(A)
    with the realm of the dead we have made an agreement.
When an overwhelming scourge sweeps by,^(B)
    it cannot touch us,
for we have made a lie^(C) our refuge
    and falsehood^[a] our hiding place.^(D)”

¹² They have lied^(A) about the Lord;
    they said, “He will do nothing!
No harm will come to us;^(B)
    we will never see sword or famine.^(C)