Isaiah 28:15-17

New Catholic Bible

¹⁵ Proudly you have boasted,
    “We have made a covenant with death
    and entered into a pact with the netherworld.
And so, when the overwhelming scourge occurs,
    it will not afflict us.
For we have made lies our refuge
    and taken shelter in falsehood.”
¹⁶ Therefore, the Lord God
    has this to say to you in response:
Behold, I am laying a stone in Zion,
    a stone that has been tested,
a precious cornerstone as a firm foundation;
    those who place their trust in it will not falter.
¹⁷ And I will make justice the measuring line,
    with righteousness as the plumb line.
Hail will sweep away the refuge of lies,
    and flood waters will submerge your hiding place.