New American Standard Bible 1995

Isaiah 28:15-18

15BecauseH3588 you have saidH559, “We have madeH3772 a 1covenantH1285 with deathH4194, And with 2SheolH7585 we have madeH6213 a 3pactH2374. 4The overwhelmingH7857 5scourgeH7752 will not reachH935 us whenH3588 it passesH5674 by, For we have madeH7760 6falsehoodH3577 our refugeH4268 and we have 7concealedH5641 ourselves with deceptionH8267.” 16ThereforeH3651 thusH3541 saysH559 the LordH136 8GodH3068, “9BeholdH2009, I am layingH3245 in ZionH6726 a stoneH68, a testedH976 10stoneH68, A costlyH3368 cornerstoneH6438 for the foundationH4143, 11firmlyH3245 placedH3245. He who believesH539 in it will not be 12disturbedH2363.17I will makeH7760 13justiceH4941 the measuringH6957 lineH6957 And righteousnessH6666 the levelH4949; Then 14hailH1259 will sweepH3261 awayH3261 the refugeH4268 of liesH3577 And the watersH4325 will overflowH7857 the secretH5643 placeH5643.18Your 15covenantH1285 with deathH4194 will be 16 17canceledH3722, And your pactH2380 with SheolH7585 will not standH6965; WhenH3588 the 18overwhelmingH7857 scourgeH7752 passesH5674 throughH5674, Then you becomeH1961 its 19tramplingH4823 place.

Notes

1. Isaiah 28:15 Is 28:18 ↩
2. Isaiah 28:15 I.e. the nether world ↩
3. Isaiah 28:15 So some ancient versions; Heb seer ↩
4. Isaiah 28:15 Is 8:8; 28:2; 30:28; Dan 11:22 ↩
5. Isaiah 28:15 Or flood ↩
6. Isaiah 28:15 Is 9:15; 30:9; 44:20; 59:3, 4; Ezek 13:22 ↩
7. Isaiah 28:15 Is 29:15 ↩
8. Isaiah 28:16 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord ↩
9. Isaiah 28:16 Rom 9:33; 10:11; 1 Pet 2:6 ↩
10. Isaiah 28:16 Ps 118:22; Is 8:14, 15; Matt 21:42; Mark 12:10; Luke 20:17; Acts 4:11; Eph 2:20 ↩
11. Isaiah 28:16 Lit well-laid ↩
12. Isaiah 28:16 Lit in a hurry ↩
13. Isaiah 28:17 2 Kin 21:13; Is 5:16; 30:18; 61:8; Amos 7:7-9 ↩
14. Isaiah 28:17 Is 28:2 ↩
15. Isaiah 28:18 Is 28:15 ↩
16. Isaiah 28:18 Lit covered over ↩
17. Isaiah 28:18 Is 7:7; 8:10 ↩
18. Isaiah 28:18 Is 28:15 ↩
19. Isaiah 28:18 Is 28:3; Dan 8:13 ↩