Isa 28:18 | NETfull | STEP | Your treaty with death will be dissolved; your agreement with Sheol will not last. When the overwhelming judgment sweeps by, you will be overrun by it.

Isaiah 28:18

18 Your treaty with death will be dissolved; ^{▼▼ On the meaning of כָּפַר (kafar) in this context, see HALOT 494 s.v. I כפר and J. N. Oswalt, Isaiah (NICOT), 1:515, n. 9.}
your agreement ^{▼▼ Normally the noun חָזוּת (khazut) means “vision.” See the note at v. 15.} with Sheol will not last. ^{▼▼ Or “will not stand” (NIV, NRSV).}
When the overwhelming judgment sweeps by, ^{▼▼ See the note at v. 15.}
you will be overrun by it. ^{▼▼ Heb “you will become a trampling place for it.”}