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)”

²² Now stop your mocking,^(A)
    or your chains will become heavier;
the Lord, the Lord Almighty, has told me
    of the destruction decreed^(B) against the whole land.^(C)