¹⁵ Because you have said, “We have cut a ^(A)covenant with death,
And with Sheol we have made a ^[a]pact.
^(B)The overflowing ^[b]scourge will not reach us when it passes by,
For we have made ^(C)falsehood our refuge and we have ^(D)hidden ourselves with lying.”

³ For your ^(A)hands are defiled with blood
And your fingers with iniquity;
Your lips have spoken a ^(B)lie;
Your tongue mutters unrighteousness.
^4 (C)No one calls in righteousness, and ^(D)no one seeks justice in truth.
They ^(E)trust in ^[a]confusion and speak worthlessness;
They ^(F)conceive trouble and give birth to wickedness.