Isa 28:15 | TNotes | STEP | 28:15 cheat death (literally have made a covenant with death ) ... dodge the grave: There are two interpretive possibilities: (1) The people had sold themselves to the Canaanite god of death, Mot, in return for his supposed protection. (2) The prophet was being sarcastic; the people thought their various political and economic moves guaranteed their personal security, but they had actually destroyed themselves. • lies and deception: The leaders did not think of themselves as deceptive, but they were.

‏ Isaiah 28:15

28:15 ^a cheat death (literally have made a covenant with death) ... dodge the grave: There are two interpretive possibilities: (1) The people had sold themselves to the Canaanite god of death, Mot, in return for his supposed protection. (2) The prophet was being sarcastic; the people thought their various political and economic moves guaranteed their personal security, but they had actually destroyed themselves.

• lies and deception: The leaders did not think of themselves as deceptive, but they were.