¹⁴ Therefore, ^(C)hear the word of the Lord, you ^(D)scoffers,
Who rule this people who are in Jerusalem,
¹⁵ Because you have said, “We have made a ^(E)covenant with death,
And with ^[b]Sheol we have made a ^[c]pact.
^(F)The ^[d]gushing flood will not reach us when it passes by,
Because we have made ^(G)falsehood our refuge and we have ^(H)concealed ourselves with deception.”

“^(I)Behold, I am laying a stone in Zion, a tested ^(J)stone,
A precious cornerstone for the foundation, ^[f]firmly placed.
The one who believes in it will not be ^[g]disturbed.
¹⁷ I will make ^(K)justice the measuring line
And righteousness the level;
Then ^(L)hail will sweep away the refuge of lies,
And the waters will overflow the secret place.
¹⁸ Your ^(M)covenant with death will be ^[h](N)canceled,
And your pact with Sheol will not stand;
When the ^(O)[i]gushing flood passes through,
Then you will become its ^(P)trampling ground.
¹⁹ As ^(Q)often as it passes through, it will ^[j]seize you;
For ^(R)morning after morning it will pass through, anytime during the day or night,
And it will be ^[k]sheer ^(S)terror to understand ^[l]what it means.”
²⁰ The bed is too short on which to stretch out,
And the ^(T)blanket is too ^[m]small to wrap oneself in.
²¹ For the Lord will rise up as at Mount ^(U)Perazim,
He will be stirred up as in the Valley of ^(V)Gibeon,
To do His ^(W)task, His ^[n](X)unusual task,
And to work His work, His ^[o]extraordinary work.
²² And now do not carry on as ^(Y)scoffers,
Or your shackles will be made stronger;
For I have heard from the Lord ^[p]God of armies
Of decisive ^(Z)destruction on all the earth.