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Isaiah, Chapter 28, verses 14-22

¹⁴ Therefore, hear the word of the LORD, O scoffers, Who rule this people who are in Jerusalem,	14 Isa 1:10 Isa 28:22 Isa 29:20
¹⁵ Because you have said, “We have made a covenant with death, And with^k I.e. the nether worldSheol we have made a^l So some ancient versions; Heb seerpact. The overwhelming^m Or floodscourge will not reach us when it passes by, For we have made falsehood our refuge and we have concealed ourselves with deception.”	15 Isa 28:18 Isa 8:8 Isa 28:2 Isa 30:28 Dan 11:22 Isa 9:15 Isa 30:9 Isa 44:20 Isa 59:3 Isa 59:4 Eze 13:22 Isa 29:15
¹⁶ Therefore thus says the Lordⁿ Heb YHWH, usually rendered LordGOD, “Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone, a tested stone, A costly cornerstone for the foundation,^o Lit well-laidfirmly placed. He who believes in it will not be^p Lit in a hurrydisturbed.	16 Rom 9:33 Rom 10:11 Pe1 2:6 Psa 118:22 Isa 8:14 Isa 8:15 Mat 21:42 Mar 12:10 Luk 20:17 Act 4:11 Eph 2:20
¹⁷ “I will make justice the measuring line And righteousness the level; Then hail will sweep away the refuge of lies And the waters will overflow the secret place.	17 Ki2 21:13 Isa 5:16 Isa 30:18 Isa 61:8 Amo 7:7-9 Isa 28:2
¹⁸ “Your covenant with death will be^q Lit covered overcanceled, And your pact with Sheol will not stand; When the overwhelming scourge passes through, Then you become its trampling place.	18 Isa 28:15 Isa 7:7 Isa 8:10 Isa 28:15 Isa 28:3 Dan 8:13
¹⁹ “As often as it passes through, it will^r Lit takeseize you; For morning after morning it will pass through, anytime during the day or night, And it will be^s Lit onlysheer terror to understand^t Lit the report, or, the messagewhat it means.”	19 Ki2 24:2 Isa 50:4 Job 6:4 Job 18:11 Job 24:17 Psa 55:4 Psa 88:15 Lam 2:22
²⁰ The bed is too short on which to stretch out, And the blanket is too^u Lit narrowsmall to wrap oneself in.	20 Isa 59:6
²¹ For the LORD will rise up as at Mount Perazim, He will be stirred up as in the valley of Gibeon, To do His task, His^v Lit task is strangeunusual task, And to work His work, His^w Lit work is alienextraordinary work.	21 Sa2 5:20 Ch1 14:11 Jos 10:10 Jos 10:12 Sa2 5:25 Ch1 14:16 Isa 10:12 Isa 29:14 Isa 65:7 Lam 2:15 Lam 3:33 Luk 19:41-44
²² And now do not carry on as scoffers, Or your fetters will be made stronger; For I have heard from the Lord^x Heb YHWH, usually rendered LordGOD of hosts Of decisive destruction on all the earth.	22 Isa 28:14 Isa 10:22 Isa 10:23


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