Isa 28:14-22 | NASB1995 | STEP | Therefore , hear the word of the Lord , O scoffers , Who rule this people who are in Jerusalem ,

Isaiah 28:14-22

Judah Is Warned

14 Therefore, ^ahear the word of the Lord, O ^bscoffers,
Who rule this people who are in Jerusalem,
15 Because you have said, “We have made a ^ccovenant with death,
And with ^{▼▼ I.e. the nether world}Sheol we have made a ^{▼▼ So some ancient versions; Heb seer}pact.
^fThe overwhelming ^{▼▼ Or flood}scourge will not reach us when it passes by,
For we have made ^hfalsehood our refuge and we have ⁱconcealed ourselves with deception.”

16 Therefore thus says the Lord ^{▼▼ Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord}God, ^k“Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone, a tested ^lstone,
A costly cornerstone for the foundation, ^{▼▼ Lit well-laid}firmly placed.
He who believes in it will not be ^{▼▼ Lit in a hurry}disturbed.
17 “I will make ^ojustice the measuring line
And righteousness the level;
Then ^phail will sweep away the refuge of lies
And the waters will overflow the secret place.
18 “Your ^qcovenant with death will be ^{▼▼ Lit covered over
,} ^scanceled,
And your pact with Sheol will not stand;
When the ^toverwhelming scourge passes through,
Then you become its ^utrampling place.
19 “As ^voften as it passes through, it will ^{▼▼ Lit take}seize you;
For ^xmorning after morning it will pass through, anytime during the day or night,
And it will be ^{▼▼ Lit only}sheer ^zterror to understand ^{▼▼ Lit the report, or, the message}what it means.”
20 The bed is too short on which to stretch out,
And the ^abblanket is too ^{▼▼ Lit narrow}small to wrap oneself in.
21 For the Lord will rise up as at Mount ^adPerazim,
He will be stirred up as in the valley of ^aeGibeon,
To do His ^aftask, His ^{▼▼ Lit task is strange
,} ^ahunusual task,
And to work His work, His ^{▼▼ Lit work is alien}extraordinary work.
22 And now do not carry on as ^ajscoffers,
Or your fetters will be made stronger;
For I have heard from the Lord ^{▼▼ Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord}God of hosts
Of decisive ^aldestruction on all the earth.