Isaiah 28:14-22
1599 Geneva Bible
14 Wherefore hear the word of the Lord, ye scornful men, that rule this people, which is at Jerusalem.
15 Because ye have said, We have made a [a]covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement: though a scourge run over, and pass through, it shall not come at us: for we have made [b]falsehood our refuge, and under vanity are we hid,
16 Therefore thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I will lay in Zion a stone, a [c]tried stone, a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation. He that believeth, [d]shall not make haste.
17 Judgment also will I lay to the rule, and [e]righteousness to the balance, and the [f]hail shall sweep away the vain confidence, and the waters shall overflow [g]the secret place.
18 And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand: when a scourge shall run over and pass through, then shall ye be trodden down by it.
19 When it passeth over, it shall take you away: for it shall pass through every morning in the day and in the night, and there shall be only [h]fear, to make you to understand the hearing.
20 For the bed is [i]strait, that it cannot suffice, and the covering narrow, that one cannot wrap himself.
21 For the Lord shall stand as in mount [j]Perazim: he shall be wroth as in the valley [k]of Gibeon, that he may do his work, his strange work, and bring to pass his act, his strange act.
22 Now therefore be no mockers, lest your bonds increase: for I have heard of the Lord of hosts a consumption, even determined upon the whole earth.
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- Isaiah 28:15 They thought they had shifts to avoid God’s judgments, and that they could escape though all others perished.
- Isaiah 28:15 Though the prophets condemned their idols and vain trust of falsehood and vanity, yet the wicked thought in themselves that they would trust in these things.
- Isaiah 28:16 That is, Christ, by whom all the building must be tried and upheld, Ps. 118:22; Matt. 21:42; Acts 4:11; Rom. 9:33; 1 Pet. 2:6.
- Isaiah 28:16 He shall be quiet, and seek none other remedies, but be content with Christ.
- Isaiah 28:17 In the restitution of his Church, judgment and justice shall reign.
- Isaiah 28:17 God’s corrections and afflictions.
- Isaiah 28:17 Affliction shall discover their vain confidence, which they kept secret to themselves.
- Isaiah 28:19 Terror and destruction shall make you to learn that, which exhortations and gentleness could not bring you unto.
- Isaiah 28:20 Your affliction shall be so sore, that you are not able to endure it.
- Isaiah 28:21 When David overcame the Philistines, 2 Sam. 5:20; 1 Chron. 14:11.
- Isaiah 28:21 Where Joshua discomfited five kings of the Amorites, Josh. 10:12.
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