14 Therefore hear the word of the Lord,(A) you scoffers(B)
    who rule this people in Jerusalem.

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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

16 These are the things you are to do: Speak the truth(A) to each other, and render true and sound judgment(B) in your courts;(C)

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17 do not plot evil(A) against each other, and do not love to swear falsely.(B) I hate all this,” declares the Lord.

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The idols(A) speak deceitfully,
    diviners(B) see visions that lie;
they tell dreams(C) that are false,
    they give comfort in vain.(D)
Therefore the people wander like sheep
    oppressed for lack of a shepherd.(E)

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