Isaiah 28:14-22
New Living Translation
14 Therefore, listen to this message from the Lord,
you scoffing rulers in Jerusalem.
15 You boast, “We have struck a bargain to cheat death
and have made a deal to dodge the grave.[a]
The coming destruction can never touch us,
for we have built a strong refuge made of lies and deception.”
16 Therefore, this is what the Sovereign Lord says:
“Look! I am placing a foundation stone in Jerusalem,[b]
a firm and tested stone.
It is a precious cornerstone that is safe to build on.
Whoever believes need never be shaken.[c]
17 I will test you with the measuring line of justice
and the plumb line of righteousness.
Since your refuge is made of lies,
a hailstorm will knock it down.
Since it is made of deception,
a flood will sweep it away.
18 I will cancel the bargain you made to cheat death,
and I will overturn your deal to dodge the grave.
When the terrible enemy sweeps through,
you will be trampled into the ground.
19 Again and again that flood will come,
morning after morning,
day and night,
until you are carried away.”
This message will bring terror to your people.
20 The bed you have made is too short to lie on.
The blankets are too narrow to cover you.
21 The Lord will come as he did against the Philistines at Mount Perazim
and against the Amorites at Gibeon.
He will come to do a strange thing;
he will come to do an unusual deed:
22 For the Lord, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies,
has plainly said that he is determined to crush the whole land.
So scoff no more,
or your punishment will be even greater.
Footnotes
- 28:15 Hebrew Sheol; also in 28:18.
- 28:16a Hebrew in Zion.
- 28:16b Greek version reads Look! I am placing a stone in the foundation of Jerusalem [literally Zion], / a precious cornerstone for its foundation, chosen for great honor. / Anyone who trusts in him will never be disgraced. Compare Rom 9:33; 1 Pet 2:6.
Isaiah 28:14-22
Legacy Standard Bible
A Cornerstone in Zion
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.”
16 Therefore thus says Lord Yahweh,
“(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.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 28:15 As in some ancient versions; Heb seer
- Isaiah 28:15 Or flood
- Isaiah 28:16 Lit well-laid
- Isaiah 28:16 Lit in a hurry
- Isaiah 28:18 Lit covered over
- Isaiah 28:19 Lit only
- Isaiah 28:21 Lit task is strange
- Isaiah 28:21 Lit work is foreign
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