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Isaiah 28:15

For 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 our hiding place.”

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ASV

Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with Sheol are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us; for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:

KJV

Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:

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22 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
כִּ֣יkiforH3588 →
אֲמַרְתֶּ֗ם'a.mar.Temyou have saidH559 →
כָּרַ֤תְנֽוּka.Rat.nuwe have madeH3772 →
בְרִית֙ve.Rita covenantH1285 →
אֶת־'et-withH854 →
מָ֔וֶתMa.vetdeathH4194 →
וְעִם־ve.'im-and withH5973 →
שְׁא֖וֹלshe.'olSheolH7585 →
עָשִׂ֣ינוּ'a.Si.nuwe have madeH6213 →
חֹזֶ֑הcho.Zehan agreementH2374 →
שׁ֣וֹטshita scourgeH7752 →
שׁוֹטֵ֤ףsho.TefoverflowingH7857 →
כִּֽי־ki-ifH3588 →
יַֽעֲבֹר֙a.varit will pass byH5674 →
לֹ֣אlo'notH3808 →
יְבוֹאֵ֔נוּye.vo.'E.nuit will come to usH935 →
כִּ֣יkiforH3588 →
שַׂ֧מְנוּSam.nuwe have madeH7760 →
כָזָ֛בkha.ZavfalsehoodH3577 →
מַחְסֵ֖נוּmach.Se.nurefuge ourH4268 →
וּבַשֶּׁ֥קֶרu.va.She.kerand in <the> deceptionH8267 →
נִסְתָּֽרְנוּ׃ סnis.Ta.re.nuwe have hidden ourselvesH5641 →

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Isaiah 8:7–8the Lord will surely bring against them the mighty floodwaters of the Euphrates—the king of Assyria and all his pomp. It will overflow its channels and overrun its banks.Psalms 62:10Place no trust in extortion, or false hope in stolen goods. If your riches increase, do not set your heart upon them.Hosea 2:18On that day I will make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field and the birds of the air and the creatures that crawl on the ground. And I will abolish bow and sword and weapons of war in the land, and will make them lie down in safety.Ecclesiastes 8:8As no man has power over the wind to contain it, so no one has authority over his day of death. As no one can be discharged in wartime, so wickedness will not release those who practice it.Isaiah 28:18Your covenant with death will be dissolved, and your agreement with Sheol will not stand. When the overwhelming scourge passes through, you will be trampled by it.Daniel 11:22Then a flood of forces will be swept away before him and destroyed, along with a prince of the covenant.Ezekiel 13:22Because you have disheartened the righteous with your lies, even though I have caused them no grief, and because you have encouraged the wicked not to turn from their evil ways to save their lives,Amos 2:4This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Judah, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they reject the Law of the LORD and fail to keep His statutes; they are led astray by the lies in which their fathers walked.Jeremiah 5:31The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority. My people love it so, but what will you do in the end?Genesis 27:19Jacob said to his father, “I am Esau, your firstborn. I have done as you told me. Please sit up and eat some of my game, so that you may bless me.”Jeremiah 7:8But look, you keep trusting in deceptive words to no avail.Isaiah 9:15The head is the elder and honorable man, and the tail is the prophet who teaches lies.Isaiah 29:15Woe to those who dig deep to hide their plans from the LORD. In darkness they do their works and say, “Who sees us, and who will know?”Zephaniah 1:12And at that time I will search Jerusalem with lamps and punish the men settled in complacency, who say to themselves, ‘The LORD will do nothing, either good or bad.’Jeremiah 16:19O LORD, my strength and my fortress, my refuge in the day of distress, the nations will come to You from the ends of the earth, and they will say, “Our fathers inherited nothing but lies, worthless idols of no benefit at all.Job 5:23For you will have a covenant with the stones of the field, and the wild animals will be at peace with you.Isaiah 5:18–19Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of deceit and pull sin along with cart ropes,Jonah 2:8Those who cling to worthless idols forsake His loving devotion.

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