Isaiah 28
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New American Standard Bible 1995

Isaiah 28:16-18

16ThereforeH3651 thusH3541 saysH559 the LordH136 1GodH3068, “2BeholdH2009, I am layingH3245 in ZionH6726 a stoneH68, a testedH976 3stoneH68, A costlyH3368 cornerstoneH6438 for the foundationH4143, 4firmlyH3245 placedH3245. He who believesH539 in it will not be 5disturbedH2363.17I will makeH7760 6justiceH4941 the measuringH6957 lineH6957 And righteousnessH6666 the levelH4949; Then 7hailH1259 will sweepH3261 awayH3261 the refugeH4268 of liesH3577 And the watersH4325 will overflowH7857 the secretH5643 placeH5643.18Your 8covenantH1285 with deathH4194 will be 910canceledH3722, And your pactH2380 with SheolH7585 will not standH6965; WhenH3588 the 11overwhelmingH7857 scourgeH7752 passesH5674 throughH5674, Then you becomeH1961 its 12tramplingH4823 place.

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Notes

  1. 1. Isaiah 28:16 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord ↩
  2. 2. Isaiah 28:16 Rom 9:33; 10:11; 1 Pet 2:6 ↩
  3. 3. 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 ↩
  4. 4. Isaiah 28:16 Lit well-laid ↩
  5. 5. Isaiah 28:16 Lit in a hurry ↩
  6. 6. Isaiah 28:17 2 Kin 21:13; Is 5:16; 30:18; 61:8; Amos 7:7-9 ↩
  7. 7. Isaiah 28:17 Is 28:2 ↩
  8. 8. Isaiah 28:18 Is 28:15 ↩
  9. 9. Isaiah 28:18 Lit covered over ↩
  10. 10. Isaiah 28:18 Is 7:7; 8:10 ↩
  11. 11. Isaiah 28:18 Is 28:15 ↩
  12. 12. Isaiah 28:18 Is 28:3; Dan 8:13 ↩

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