“^(A)Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone, a tested ^(B)stone,
A costly cornerstone for the foundation, ^[a]firmly placed.
He who believes in it will not be ^[b]disturbed.
¹⁷ I will make ^(C)justice the measuring line
And righteousness the level;
Then ^(D)hail will sweep away the refuge of falsehood,
And the waters will overflow the secret place.
¹⁸ Your ^(E)covenant with death will be ^[c](F)canceled,
And your pact with Sheol will not stand;
When the ^(G)overflowing scourge passes through,
Then you will become its ^(H)trampling place.
¹⁹ As ^(I)often as it passes through, it will take you;
For ^(J)morning after morning it will pass through, anytime during the day or night,
And it will be ^[d]sheer ^(K)terror to understand the report.”
²⁰ The bed is too short on which to stretch out,
And the ^(L)blanket is too narrow to wrap oneself in.
²¹ For Yahweh will rise up as at Mount ^(M)Perazim;
He will be stirred up as in the valley of ^(N)Gibeon,
To work His ^(O)work, His ^[e](P)unusual work,
And to labor in His labor, His ^[f]exceptional labor.
²² So now do not carry on as ^(Q)scoffers,
Lest your fetters be made stronger;
For I have heard from Lord Yahweh of hosts
Of complete ^(R)destruction, one that is decreed, on all the earth.