Isaiah 28:14-22
International Standard Version
God’s Precious Cornerstone
14 “Therefore hear[a] the message from the Lord, you scoffers
who rule this people that are in Jerusalem.
15 Because you said:
‘We have entered into a covenant with death,
and we have an agreement with Sheol,[b]
so when the overwhelming scourge makes its choice,[c]
it cannot reach us,
since we have made lies our refuge
and have concealed ourselves inside falsehood,’
16 therefore this is what the Lord God[d] says:
“Look! I am laying[e] a foundation stone in Zion, a tested stone,
a precious cornerstone for a sure[f] foundation:
Whoever believes firmly will not act hastily.
17 And I will make justice the measuring line,
and righteousness the plumb line;
hail will sweep away your refuge of lies,
and floods[g] will overflow your hiding place.
18 “Then your covenant with death will be annulled,
and your agreement with Sheol[h] will not stand;
when the overwhelming scourge sweeps by,
you will be trampled by it.
19 As often as it sweeps through,
it will carry you away,
for it will sweep by morning after morning in the day;
but understanding this message will bring sheer terror at night,[i]
20 because the bed is too short to stretch out on,
and its blankets too narrow to wrap around oneself!
God is on Mount Perazim
21 For the Lord will stand upon[j] Mount Perazim,[k]
he will rouse himself in[l] the Valley of Gibeon;
to carry out his work—
his strange deed,
and to perform his task—
his alien task!
22 But as for you,[m] don’t start mocking,
or your chains will become tighter;
for I have heard from the Lord[n] of the Heavenly Armies about destruction,
and it is decreed against the whole land.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 28:14 So 1QIsaa; 4QIsac MT LXX read hear (pl.)
- Isaiah 28:15 I.e. the place where the dead dwell in the afterlife
- Isaiah 28:15 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read sweeps by
- Isaiah 28:16 So 1QIsaa corrector
- Isaiah 28:16 So 1QIsaa 1QIsab; MT reads I have laid
- Isaiah 28:16 So 1QIsaa MT; MTmss LXX lack sure
- Isaiah 28:17 Lit. waters
- Isaiah 28:18 I.e. the place where the dead dwell in the afterlife
- Isaiah 28:19 So 1QIsaa; MT reads by day and by night; and there will be sheer terror.
- Isaiah 28:21 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT reads as
- Isaiah 28:21 I.e. a mountain near Jerusalem, perhaps the Mount of Olives; cf. 2Sam 6:8
- Isaiah 28:21 So 1QIsaa; MT reads as
- Isaiah 28:22 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT reads So now
- Isaiah 28:22 So 1QIsaa MTmss LXX Syr; MT reads the Lord God
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