15 Because you have said, “We have made a (A)covenant with death,
And with [a]Sheol we have made a [b]pact.
(B)The [c]gushing flood will not reach us when it passes by,
Because we have made (C)falsehood our refuge and we have (D)concealed ourselves with deception.”

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 28:15 I.e., the netherworld
  2. Isaiah 28:15 As in some ancient versions; MT seer
  3. Isaiah 28:15 Or overwhelming scourge

For your (A)hands are defiled with blood,
And your fingers with wrongdoing;
Your lips have spoken (B)deceit,
Your tongue mutters wickedness.
(C)No one sues righteously and (D)no one pleads [a]honestly.
They (E)trust in confusion and speak lies;
They (F)conceive trouble and give birth to disaster.

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  1. Isaiah 59:4 Lit in truth

14 Also among the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen a (A)horrible thing:
The committing of (B)adultery and walking in deceit;
And they strengthen the hands of (C)evildoers,
So that no one has turned back from his wickedness.
All of them have become to Me like (D)Sodom,
And her inhabitants like Gomorrah.

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32 Behold, I am against those who have prophesied (A)false dreams,” declares the Lord, “and reported them and led My people astray by their lies and (B)reckless boasting; yet (C)I did not send them nor command them, nor do they (D)provide this people the slightest benefit,” declares the Lord.

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24 For false christs and (A)false prophets will arise and will provide great [a](B)signs and wonders, so as to mislead, if possible, even (C)the [b]elect.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 24:24 I.e., confirming miracles
  2. Matthew 24:24 Or chosen ones

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