28:14 Therefore, listen to the Lord’s word,
you who mock,
you rulers of these people
who reside in Jerusalem! 1
28:15 For you say,
“We have made a treaty with death,
with Sheol 2 we have made an agreement. 3
When the overwhelming judgment sweeps by 4
it will not reach us.
For we have made a lie our refuge,
we have hidden ourselves in a deceitful word.” 5
28:16 Therefore, this is what the sovereign master, the Lord, says:
“Look, I am laying 6 a stone in Zion,
an approved 7 stone,
set in place as a precious cornerstone for the foundation. 8
The one who maintains his faith will not panic. 9
28:17 I will make justice the measuring line,
fairness the plumb line;
hail will sweep away the unreliable refuge, 10
the floodwaters will overwhelm the hiding place.
28:18 Your treaty with death will be dissolved; 11
your agreement 12 with Sheol will not last. 13
When the overwhelming judgment sweeps by, 14
you will be overrun by it. 15
28:19 Whenever it sweeps by, it will overtake you;
indeed, 16 every morning it will sweep by,
it will come through during the day and the night.” 17
When this announcement is understood,
it will cause nothing but terror.