Isaiah 28
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Isaiah 28:16-22

16Therefore this is what the Lord 1God says: “2Behold, I am laying a stone in Zion, a tested 3stone, A precious cornerstone for the foundation, 4firmly placed. The one who believes in it will not be 5disturbed.17I will make 6justice the measuring line And righteousness the level; Then 7hail will sweep away the refuge of lies, And the waters will overflow the secret place.18Your 8covenant with death will be 910canceled, And your pact with Sheol will not stand; When the 1112gushing flood passes through, Then you will become its 13trampling ground.19As 14often as it passes through, it will 15seize you; For 16morning after morning it will pass through, anytime during the day or night, And it will be 17sheer 18terror to understand 19what it means.”20The bed is too short on which to stretch out, And the 20blanket is too 21small to wrap oneself in.21For the Lord will rise up as at Mount 22Perazim, He will be stirred up as in the Valley of 23Gibeon, To do His 24task, His 2526unusual task, And to work His work, His 27extraordinary work.22And now do not carry on as 28scoffers, Or your shackles will be made stronger; For I have heard from the Lord 29God of armies Of decisive 30destruction on all the earth.

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

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