15 لأَنَّكُمْ قُلْتُمْ: «قَدْ أَبْرَمْنَا عَهْداً مَعَ الْمَوْتِ، وَعَقَدْنَا مِيثَاقاً مَعَ الْهَاوِيَةِ، فَإِنَّ الأَشُورِيِّينَ الْمُقْتَحِمِينَ أَرْضَنَا لَنْ يَسْلُخُونَا، لأَنَّ السُّوطَ الْجَارِفَ إِذَا عَبَرَ لَا يُصِيبُنَا لأَنَّنَا اعْتَصَمْنَا بِالْمُرَاوَغَةِ وَلَجَأْنَا إِلَى النِّفَاقِ».

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15 You boast, “We have entered into a covenant with death,(A)
    with the realm of the dead we have made an agreement.
When an overwhelming scourge sweeps by,(B)
    it cannot touch us,
for we have made a lie(C) our refuge
    and falsehood[a] our hiding place.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 28:15 Or false gods