Isaiah

Isaiah 28:14–15

¹⁴Therefore hear the word of the LORD, O scoffers

who rule this people in Jerusalem.

¹⁵For you said, “We have made a covenant with death;

we have fashioned an agreement with Sheol.

When the overwhelming scourge passes through

it will not touch us,

because we have made lies our refuge

and falsehood^e our hiding place.”

Footnotes

e 28:15 Or false gods

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Isaiah 28:14

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Therefore	לָכֵ֛ן	lā·ḵên	Adverb	H3651 right, veritable, honest
hear	שִׁמְע֥וּ	šim·‘ū	Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural	H8085 hear
the word	דְבַר־	ḏə·ḇar-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H1697 speech, word
of the LORD	יְהוָ֖ה	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
O	אַנְשֵׁ֣י	’an·šê	Noun - masculine plural construct	H582 man, mankind
scoffers	לָצ֑וֹן	lā·ṣō·wn	Noun - masculine singular	H3944 scorning
who rule	מֹֽשְׁלֵי֙	mō·šə·lê	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct	H4910 rule, have dominion, reign
this	הַזֶּ֔ה	haz·zeh	Article; Pronoun - masculine singular	H2088 this, that
people	הָעָ֣ם	hā·‘ām	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H5971 people
in Jerusalem	בִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃	bî·rū·šā·lim	Preposition-b; Noun - proper - feminine singular	H3389 Jerusalem

Isaiah 28:15

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
For	כִּ֣י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
you said	אֲמַרְתֶּ֗ם	’ă·mar·tem	Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine plural	H559 utter, say
We have made	כָּרַ֤תְנֽוּ	kā·raṯ·nū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common plural	H3772 cut off, cut down
a covenant	בְרִית֙	ḇə·rîṯ	Noun - feminine singular	H1285 covenant
with	אֶת־	’eṯ-	Preposition	H854 with
death	מָ֔וֶת	mā·weṯ	Noun - masculine singular	H4194 death
we have fashioned	עָשִׂ֣ינוּ	‘ā·śî·nū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common plural	H6213 do, make
an agreement	חֹזֶ֑ה	ḥō·zeh	Noun - masculine singular	H2374 seer
with	וְעִם־	wə·‘im-	Conjunctive waw; Preposition	H5973 with
Sheol	שְׁא֖וֹל	šə·’ō·wl	Noun - common singular	H7585 underworld
When	כִּֽי־	kî-	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
the overwhelming scourge	שׁוֹטֵ֤ף	šō·w·ṭêp̄	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular	H7857 overflow, rinse or wash off
passes through	עָבַר	ʿå̄·ḇar	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H5674 pass over, through, by, pass on
it will not	לֹ֣א	lō	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
touch us	יְבוֹאֵ֔נוּ	yə·ḇō·w·’ê·nū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular; first person common plural	H935 come in, come, go in, go
because	כִּ֣י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
we have made	שַׂ֧מְנוּ	śam·nū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common plural	H7760 put, place, set
lies	כָזָ֛ב	ḵā·zāḇ	Noun - masculine singular	H3577 lie, falsehood, deceptive thing
our refuge	מַחְסֵ֖נוּ	maḥ·sê·nū	Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common plural	H4268 refuge, shelter
and falsehood	וּבַשֶּׁ֥קֶר	ū·ḇaš·še·qer	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H8267 deception, disappointment, falsehood
our hiding place	נִסְתָּֽרְנוּ׃ס	nis·tā·rə·nū	Verb - Nifal - Perfect - first person common plural	H5641 hide, conceal

Cross-references

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Isaiah 28:14 Isaiah 28:22 · Isaiah 29:20 · Isaiah 1:10 · Acts 13:41

Isaiah 28:15 Isaiah 8:7–8 · Ezekiel 13:22 · Hosea 2:18 · Amos 2:4 · Isaiah 28:18 · Daniel 11:22 · Jeremiah 5:31 · Ecclesiastes 8:8 · Job 15:25–27 · Jeremiah 28:15–17 · Jeremiah 44:17 · Jeremiah 14:13

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.