Isaiah 28:14–22

¹⁴Wherefore hear the word of the Lord, ^dye scornful men,

That rule this people which is in Jerusalem.

¹⁵Because ye have said, We have ^emade a covenant with death,

And ^ewith hell are we at agreement;

When ^fthe overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us:

For ^gwe have made lies our refuge,

And ^gunder falsehood have we hid ourselves:

¹⁶Therefore thus saith the Lord God,

^hBehold, I lay in Zion for a foundation ⁱa stone,

^jA tried stone, ⁱa precious corner stone, ^ka sure foundation:

^hlHe that believeth shall not make haste.

¹⁷Judgment also will I lay to ^bmthe line,

And righteousness to ^mthe plummet:

And ⁿthe hail shall sweep away ^gthe refuge of lies,

And the waters shall ^foverflow ^gthe hiding place.

¹⁸And ^eyour covenant with death shall be disannulled,

And ^eyour agreement with hell shall not stand;

^fWhen the overflowing scourge shall pass through,

Then ye shall be trodden down by it.

¹⁹From the time that it goeth forth it shall take you:

For ⁿⁿmorning by morning shall it pass over, by day and by night:

And it shall be ^oa vexation only to understand ^pthe report.

²⁰For the bed is shorter than that a man can stretch himself on it:

And ^qthe covering narrower than that he can wrap himself in it.

²¹For the Lord shall rise up ^ras in mount Perazim,

He shall be wroth ^sas in the valley of ^tGibeon,

That he may do his work, ^uhis strange work;

And bring to pass his act, his strange act.

²²Now therefore ^dbe ye not mockers,

Lest your bands be made strong:

For I have heard from the Lord God of hosts

^wA consumption, even determined

Upon the whole earth.