Isaiah 9:15-16

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¹⁵The head is ^(A)the elder and esteemed man,
And the prophet who teaches ^(B)falsehood is the tail.
¹⁶^(C)For those who guide this people are leading them astray;
And those who are guided by them are ^[a]confused.

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Isaiah 9:16 Or swallowed up

Isaiah 28:15

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¹⁵Because you have said, “We have made a ^(A)covenant with death,
And with ^[a]Sheol we have made a ^[b]pact.
^(B)The ^[c]gushing flood will not reach us when it passes by,
Because we have made ^(C)falsehood our refuge and we have ^(D)concealed ourselves with deception.”

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Isaiah 28:15 I.e., the netherworld
Isaiah 28:15 As in some ancient versions; MT seer
Isaiah 28:15 Or overwhelming scourge

Isaiah 28:15 in all English translations

Jeremiah 16:19

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¹⁹Lord, my ^(A)strength and my stronghold,
And my ^(B)refuge in the day of distress,
To You the ^(C)nations will come
From the ends of the earth and say,
“Our fathers have inherited nothing but ^(D)falsehood,
Futility, and ^[a]^(E)things of no benefit.”

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Jeremiah 16:19 Lit there is nothing profitable in them

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Habakkuk 2:18

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¹⁸“What ^(A)benefit is a carved image when its maker has carved it,
Or a cast metal image, a ^(B)teacher of falsehood?
For its maker ^(C)trusts in his own handiwork
When he fashions speechless idols.