¹⁴ Therefore, ^(A)hear the word of Yahweh, O ^(B)scoffers,
Who rule this people who are in Jerusalem,
¹⁵ Because you have said, “We have cut a ^(C)covenant with death,
And with Sheol we have made a ^[a]pact.
^(D)The overflowing ^[b]scourge will not reach us when it passes by,
For we have made ^(E)falsehood our refuge and we have ^(F)hidden ourselves with lying.”

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