¹⁵ Because you have said, “We have made a covenant with death,
And with Sheol we are in agreement.
When the overflowing scourge passes through,
It will not come to us,
^(A)For we have made lies our refuge,
And under falsehood we have hidden ourselves.”

¹⁸ Your covenant with death will be annulled,
And your agreement with Sheol will not stand;
When the overflowing scourge passes through,
Then you will be trampled down by it.

¹² If you say, “Surely we did not know this,”
Does not ^(A)He who weighs the hearts consider it?
He who keeps your soul, does He not know it?
And will He not render to each man ^(B)according to his deeds?

^24 (A)He who says to the wicked, “You are righteous,”
Him the people will curse;
Nations will abhor him.