Isaiah 28:15
Since ye say, “We have entered into a covenant with death, And with the under-world have we made an agreement, The overflowing scourge, when it passeth through, shall not reach us; For we have made falsehood our refuge, And in deceit we have hidden ourselves.”
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
14Wherefore hear ye the word of Jehovah, Ye scoffers, who rule this people in Jerusalem!
Cross References
Job 5:23For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field; Yea, the beasts of the forest shall be at peace with thee.
Ecclesiastes 8:8No man hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit, and no man hath power over the day of death; and there is no discharge in that war; and wickedness shall not deliver those that are guilty of it.
Isaiah 8:7Therefore, behold, the Lord bringeth upon them the strong and mighty waters of the river; [[The king of Assyria and all his glory.]] He shall rise above all his channels, And go over all his banks.
Isaiah 9:15[[The aged and the honorable are the head, And the prophet that speaketh falsehood is the tail.]]
Isaiah 28:18And your covenant with death shall be broken, And your agreement with the under-world shall not stand; When the overflowing scourge shall pass through, By it shall ye be beaten down.
Isaiah 30:10Who say to the seers, “See not!” And to the prophets, “Prophesy not right things; Speak to us smooth things, Prophesy falsehood!
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 28:15-23
Judgments Announced; The Corner-stone in Zion. ( b. c. 725.) 14 Wherefore hear the word of the Lord , ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem. 15 Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves: 16 Therefore thus saith the Lord God , Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a… Read the whole commentary →