Verse 15
Isaiah 28:15
Bible in Basic English
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Because you have said, We have made death our friend, and with the underworld we have made an agreement; when the overflowing waters come through they will not come near us; for we are looking to false words for help, taking cover in what is untrue:
Original Language Text
hebrew
כִּ֣י אֲמַרְתֶּ֗ם כָּרַ֤תְנֽוּ בְרִית֙ אֶת מָ֔וֶת וְ/עִם שְׁא֖וֹל עָשִׂ֣ינוּ חֹזֶ֑ה שיט שׁ֣וֹט שׁוֹטֵ֤ף כִּֽי עבר יַֽעֲבֹר֙ לֹ֣א יְבוֹאֵ֔/נוּ כִּ֣י שַׂ֧מְנוּ כָזָ֛ב מַחְסֵ֖/נוּ וּ/בַ/שֶּׁ֥קֶר נִסְתָּֽרְנוּ
English Translation
For you have said, "We have made a covenant with death, and with Sheol we have an agreement; when the overflowing scourge passes through, it will not come to us, for we have made lies our refuge and have hidden ourselves in falsehood."
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Chapter 28 Context
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Ho! crown of pride of those who are given up to wine in Ephraim, and the dead flower of his glory wh...
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The crown of pride of those who are given up to wine in Ephraim will be crushed under foot;
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7
And further, these are uncertain through wine, and have gone out of the right way through strong dri...
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8
For all the tables are covered with coughed-up food, so that there is not a clean place.
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9
To whom will he give knowledge? and to whom will he make clear the word? Will it be to those who hav...
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10
For it is one rule after another; one line after another; here a little, there a little.
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11
No, but with broken talk, and with a strange tongue, he will give his word to this people:
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12
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14
Give ear then to the word of the Lord, you men of pride, the rulers of this people in Jerusalem:
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15
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