Isaiah 28
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Isaiah 28:17-22

17I will makeH7760 1justiceH4941 the measuringH6957 lineH6957 And righteousnessH6666 the levelH4949; Then 2hailH1259 will sweepH3261 awayH3261 the refugeH4268 of liesH3577 And the watersH4325 will overflowH7857 the secretH5643 placeH5643.18Your 3covenantH1285 with deathH4194 will be 45canceledH3722, And your pactH2380 with SheolH7585 will not standH6965; WhenH3588 the 6overwhelmingH7857 scourgeH7752 passesH5674 throughH5674, Then you becomeH1961 its 7tramplingH4823 place.19As 8oftenH1767 as it passesH5674 throughH5674, it will 9seizeH3947 you; For 10morningH1242 after morningH1242 it will passH5674 throughH5674, anytime during the dayH3117 or nightH3915, And it will be 11sheerH7534 12terrorH2113 to understandH995 13whatH8052 it meansH8052.”20The bedH4702 is tooH4480 shortH7114 on which to stretchH8311 out, And the 14blanketH4541 is too 15smallH6887 to wrapH3664 oneself in.21For the LordH3068 will riseH6965 up as at MountH2022 16PerazimH6559, He will be stirredH7264 up as in the valleyH6010 of 17GibeonH1391, To doH6213 His 18taskH4639, His 1920unusualH2114 taskH4639, And to workH5647 His workH5656, His 21extraordinaryH5237 workH5656.22And nowH6258 do not carryH3917 on as 22scoffersH3917, OrH6435 your fettersH4147 will be madeH2388 strongerH2388; For I have heardH8085 from the LordH136 23GodH3068 of hostsH6635 Of decisiveH2782 24destructionH3617 on allH3605 the earthH776.

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Notes

  1. 1. Isaiah 28:17 2 Kin 21:13; Is 5:16; 30:18; 61:8; Amos 7:7-9 ↩
  2. 2. Isaiah 28:17 Is 28:2 ↩
  3. 3. Isaiah 28:18 Is 28:15 ↩
  4. 4. Isaiah 28:18 Lit covered over ↩
  5. 5. Isaiah 28:18 Is 7:7; 8:10 ↩
  6. 6. Isaiah 28:18 Is 28:15 ↩
  7. 7. Isaiah 28:18 Is 28:3; Dan 8:13 ↩
  8. 8. Isaiah 28:19 2 Kin 24:2 ↩
  9. 9. Isaiah 28:19 Lit take ↩
  10. 10. Isaiah 28:19 Is 50:4 ↩
  11. 11. Isaiah 28:19 Lit only ↩
  12. 12. Isaiah 28:19 Job 6:4; 18:11; 24:17; Ps 55:4; 88:15; Lam 2:22 ↩
  13. 13. Isaiah 28:19 Lit the report, or, the message ↩
  14. 14. Isaiah 28:20 Is 59:6 ↩
  15. 15. Isaiah 28:20 Lit narrow ↩
  16. 16. Isaiah 28:21 2 Sam 5:20; 1 Chr 14:11 ↩
  17. 17. Isaiah 28:21 Josh 10:10, 12; 2 Sam 5:25; 1 Chr 14:16 ↩
  18. 18. Isaiah 28:21 Is 10:12; 29:14; 65:7 ↩
  19. 19. Isaiah 28:21 Lit task is strange ↩
  20. 20. Isaiah 28:21 Lam 2:15; 3:33; Luke 19:41-44 ↩
  21. 21. Isaiah 28:21 Lit work is alien ↩
  22. 22. Isaiah 28:22 Is 28:14 ↩
  23. 23. Isaiah 28:22 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord ↩
  24. 24. Isaiah 28:22 Is 10:22, 23 ↩

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