Isaiah 28:15-17

New International Reader's Version

¹⁵You brag, “We have entered into a covenant with the place of the dead.
    We have made an agreement with the grave.
When a terrible plague comes to punish us,
    it can’t touch us.
That’s because we depend on lies to keep us safe.
    We hide behind what isn’t true.”

¹⁶So the Lord and King speaks. He says,

“Look! I am laying a stone in Zion.
    It is a stone that has been tested.
It is the most important stone for a firm foundation.
    The one who depends on that stone will never be shaken.
¹⁷I will use a measuring line to prove that you have not been fair.
    I will use a plumb line to prove that you have not done what is right.
Hail will sweep away the lies you depend on to keep you safe.
    Water will flood your hiding place.