Isaiah 28:14-22

International Standard Version

¹⁴ “Therefore hear^[a] the message from the Lord, you scoffers
    who rule this people that are in Jerusalem.
¹⁵ Because you said:
    ‘We have entered into a covenant with death,
        and we have an agreement with Sheol,^[b]
    so when the overwhelming scourge makes its choice,^[c]
        it cannot reach us,
    since we have made lies our refuge
        and have concealed ourselves inside falsehood,’
¹⁶ therefore this is what the Lord God^[d] says:
    “Look! I am laying^[e] a foundation stone in Zion, a tested stone,
        a precious cornerstone for a sure^[f] foundation:
    Whoever believes firmly will not act hastily.
¹⁷ And I will make justice the measuring line,
    and righteousness the plumb line;
hail will sweep away your refuge of lies,
    and floods^[g] will overflow your hiding place.

²¹ For the Lord will stand upon^[j] Mount Perazim,^[k]
    he will rouse himself in^[l] the Valley of Gibeon;
to carry out his work—
    his strange deed,
and to perform his task—
    his alien task!
²² But as for you,^[m] don’t start mocking,
    or your chains will become tighter;
for I have heard from the Lord^[n] of the Heavenly Armies about destruction,
    and it is decreed against the whole land.