Isaiah 28:15

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Summary

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:

We have

When

Isaiah 8:7

Daniel 11:22

We have made

General references

Proverbs 16:25

Bible References

We have

Woe to those who drag iniquity with the cords of falsehood,
And sin as if with cart ropes;

No man has authority to restrain the wind with the wind, or authority over the day of death; and there is no discharge in the time of war, and evil will not deliver those who practice it.

“For you will be in league with the stones of the field,
And the beasts of the field will be at peace with you.

Because he has stretched out his hand against God
And conducts himself arrogantly against the Almighty.

But rather we will certainly carry out every word that has proceeded from our mouths, by burning sacrifices to the queen of heaven and pouring out drink offerings to her, just as we ourselves, our forefathers, our kings and our princes did in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; for then we had plenty of food and were well off and saw no misfortune.

Then He said to me, “Son of man, do you see what the elders of the house of Israel are committing in the dark, each man in the room of his carved images? For they say, ‘The Lord does not see us; the Lord has forsaken the land.’”

“In that day I will also make a covenant for them
With the beasts of the field,
The birds of the sky
And the creeping things of the ground.
And I will

abolish the bow, the sword and war from the land,

And will make them lie down in safety.

“It will come about at that time
That I will search Jerusalem with lamps,
And I will punish the men
Who are

stagnant in spirit,

Who say in their hearts,
‘The Lord will not do good or evil!’

When

“Now therefore, behold, the Lord is about to bring on them the strong and abundant waters of the

Euphrates,

Even the king of Assyria and all his glory;
And it will rise up over all its channels and go over all its banks.

The overflowing forces will be flooded away before him and shattered, and also the prince of the covenant.

We have made

Who say to the seers, “You must not see visions”;
And to the prophets, “You must not prophesy to us what is right,

Speak to us pleasant words,

Prophesy illusions.

The prophets prophesy falsely,
And the priests rule on their own authority;
And My people love it so!
But what will you do at the end of it?

But, “Ah, Lord God!” I said, “Look, the prophets are telling them, ‘You will not see the sword nor will you have famine, but I will give you lasting peace in this place.’”

O Lord, my strength and my stronghold,
And my refuge in the day of distress,
To You the nations will come
From the ends of the earth and say,
“Our fathers have inherited nothing but falsehood,
Futility and

things of no profit.”

Then Jeremiah the prophet said to Hananiah the prophet, “Listen now, Hananiah, the Lord has not sent you, and you have made this people trust in a lie.

along with the prophets of Israel who prophesy to Jerusalem, and who see visions of peace for her when there is no peace,’ declares the Lord God.

Thus says the Lord,
“For three transgressions of Judah and for four
I will not revoke its punishment,
Because they rejected the law of the Lord
And have not kept His statutes;
Their

lies also have led them astray,

Those after which their fathers walked.

“Those who regard vain idols
Forsake their faithfulness,

that is, the one whose coming is in accord with the activity of Satan, with all power and

signs and false wonders,

General references

There is a way which seems right to a man,

But its end is the way of death.