New American Standard Bible 2020

Isaiah 28:14-18

14Therefore, 1hear the word of the Lord, you 2scoffers, Who rule this people who are in Jerusalem,15Because you have said, “We have made a 3covenant with death, And with 4Sheol we have made a 5pact. 6The 7gushing flood will not reach us when it passes by, Because we have made 8falsehood our refuge and we have 9concealed ourselves with deception.” 16Therefore this is what the Lord 10God says: “11Behold, I am laying a stone in Zion, a tested 12stone, A precious cornerstone for the foundation, 13firmly placed. The one who believes in it will not be 14disturbed.17I will make 15justice the measuring line And righteousness the level; Then 16hail will sweep away the refuge of lies, And the waters will overflow the secret place.18Your 17covenant with death will be 18 19canceled, And your pact with Sheol will not stand; When the 20 21gushing flood passes through, Then you will become its 22trampling ground.

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1. Isaiah 28:14 Is 1:10; 28:22 ↩
2. Isaiah 28:14 Is 29:20 ↩
3. Isaiah 28:15 Is 28:18 ↩
4. Isaiah 28:15 I.e., the netherworld ↩
5. Isaiah 28:15 As in some ancient versions; MT seer ↩
6. Isaiah 28:15 Is 8:8; 28:2; 30:28; Dan 11:22 ↩
7. Isaiah 28:15 Or overwhelming scourge ↩
8. Isaiah 28:15 Is 9:15; 30:9; 44:20; 59:3, 4; Ezek 13:22 ↩
9. Isaiah 28:15 Is 29:15 ↩
10. Isaiah 28:16 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord ↩
11. Isaiah 28:16 Rom 9:33; 10:11; 1 Pet 2:6 ↩
12. 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 ↩
13. Isaiah 28:16 Lit well-laid ↩
14. Isaiah 28:16 Lit in a hurry ↩
15. Isaiah 28:17 2 Kin 21:13; Is 5:16; 30:18; 61:8; Amos 7:7-9 ↩
16. Isaiah 28:17 Is 28:2 ↩
17. Isaiah 28:18 Is 28:15 ↩
18. Isaiah 28:18 Lit covered over ↩
19. Isaiah 28:18 Is 7:7; 8:10 ↩
20. Isaiah 28:18 Or overwhelming scourge ↩
21. Isaiah 28:18 Is 28:15 ↩
22. Isaiah 28:18 Is 28:3; Dan 8:13 ↩

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