Isaiah 28:15-17

New Century Version

¹⁵You say, “We have made an agreement with death;
    we have a contract with death.
When terrible punishment passes by,
    it won’t hurt us.
Our lies will keep us safe,
    and our tricks will hide us.”

¹⁶Because of these things, this is what the Lord God says:

“I will put a stone in the ground in Jerusalem,
    a tested stone.
Everything will be built on this important and precious rock.
    Anyone who trusts in it will never be disappointed.
¹⁷I will use justice as a measuring line
    and goodness as the standard.
The lies you hide behind will be destroyed as if by hail.
    They will be washed away as if in a flood.