Isaiah 28:14-22

NASB

Isaiah 28:14-22

Judah Is Warned

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Therefore, ^(A)hear the word of the Lord, O ^(B)scoffers,
Who rule this people who are in Jerusalem,

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Because you have said, “We have made a ^(C)covenant with death,
And with ^(a)Sheol we have made a ^(b)pact.
^(D)The overwhelming ^(c)scourge will not reach us when it passes by,
For we have made ^(E)falsehood our refuge and we have ^(F)concealed ourselves with deception.”

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“^(G)Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone, a tested ^(H)stone,
A costly cornerstone for the foundation, ^(e)firmly placed.
He who believes in it will not be ^(f)disturbed.

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“I will make ^(I)justice the measuring line
And righteousness the level;
Then ^(J)hail will sweep away the refuge of lies
And the waters will overflow the secret place.

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“Your ^(K)covenant with death will be ^(g)^(L)canceled,
And your pact with Sheol will not stand;
When the ^(M)overwhelming scourge passes through,
Then you become its ^(N)trampling place.

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“As ^(O)often as it passes through, it will ^(h)seize you;
For ^(P)morning after morning it will pass through, anytime during the day or night,
And it will be ⁽ⁱ⁾sheer ^(Q)terror to understand ^(j)what it means.”

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The bed is too short on which to stretch out,
And the ^(R)blanket is too ^(k)small to wrap oneself in.

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For the Lord will rise up as at Mount ^(S)Perazim,
He will be stirred up as in the valley of ^(T)Gibeon,
To do His ^(U)task, His ^(l)^(V)unusual task,
And to work His work, His ^(m)extraordinary work.

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And now do not carry on as ^(W)scoffers,
Or your fetters will be made stronger;
For I have heard from the Lord ⁽ⁿ⁾God of hosts
Of decisive ^(X)destruction on all the earth.

Footnotes:

a. Isaiah 28:15: ['I.e. the nether world']

b. Isaiah 28:15: ['So some ancient versions; Heb ', seer]

c. Isaiah 28:15: ['Or ', flood]

d. Isaiah 28:16: ['Heb ', YHWH, ', usually rendered ', Lord]

e. Isaiah 28:16: ['Lit ', well-laid]

f. Isaiah 28:16: ['Lit ', in a hurry]

g. Isaiah 28:18: ['Lit ', covered over]

h. Isaiah 28:19: ['Lit ', take]

i. Isaiah 28:19: ['Lit ', only]

j. Isaiah 28:19: ['Lit ', the report, ', or, ', the message]

k. Isaiah 28:20: ['Lit ', narrow]

l. Isaiah 28:21: ['Lit ', task is strange]

m. Isaiah 28:21: ['Lit ', work is alien]

n. Isaiah 28:22: ['Heb ', YHWH, ', usually rendered ', Lord]

Cross references:

A. Isaiah 28:14: Isaiah 1:10; Isaiah 28:22

B. Isaiah 28:14: Isaiah 29:20

C. Isaiah 28:15: Isaiah 28:18

D. Isaiah 28:15: Isaiah 8:8; Isaiah 28:2; Isaiah 30:28; Daniel 11:22

E. Isaiah 28:15: Isaiah 9:15; Isaiah 30:9; Isaiah 44:20; Isaiah 59:3; Isaiah 59:4; Ezekiel 13:22

F. Isaiah 28:15: Isaiah 29:15

G. Isaiah 28:16: Romans 9:33; Romans 10:11; 1 Peter 2:6

H. Isaiah 28:16: Psalm 118:22; Isaiah 8:14; Isaiah 8:15; Matthew 21:42; Mark 12:10; Luke 20:17; Acts 4:11; Ephesians 2:20

I. Isaiah 28:17: Isaiah 5:16; Isaiah 30:18; Isaiah 61:8; Amos 7:7-9

J. Isaiah 28:17: Isaiah 28:2

K. Isaiah 28:18: Isaiah 28:15

L. Isaiah 28:18: Isaiah 7:7; Isaiah 8:10

M. Isaiah 28:18: Isaiah 28:15

N. Isaiah 28:18: Isaiah 28:3; Daniel 8:13

P. Isaiah 28:19: Isaiah 50:4

Q. Isaiah 28:19: Job 6:4; Job 18:11; Job 24:17; Psalm 55:4; Psalm 88:15; Lamentations 2:22

R. Isaiah 28:20: Isaiah 59:6

S. Isaiah 28:21: 2 Samuel 5:20; 1 Chronicles 14:11

T. Isaiah 28:21: Joshua 10:10; Joshua 10:12; 2 Samuel 5:25; 1 Chronicles 14:16

U. Isaiah 28:21: Isaiah 10:12; Isaiah 29:14; Isaiah 65:7

V. Isaiah 28:21: Lamentations 2:15; Lamentations 3:33; Luke 19:41-44

W. Isaiah 28:22: Isaiah 28:14

X. Isaiah 28:22: Isaiah 10:22; Isaiah 10:23