Isaiah 28:15

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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 wickedness
with cords of deceit
and pull sin along with cart ropes,

No one has authority over the wind to restrain it, and there is no authority over the day of death; there is no furlough in battle, and wickedness will not allow those who practice it to escape.

For you will have a covenant with the stones of the field,
and the wild animals will be at peace with you.

For he has stretched out his hand against God
and has arrogantly opposed the Almighty.

Instead, we will do everything we said we would: burn incense to the queen of heaven and offer drink offerings to her just as we, our fathers, our kings, and our officials did in Judah’s cities and in Jerusalem’s streets. Then we had enough food and good things and saw no disaster,

Then He said to me, “Son of man, do you see what the elders of the house of Israel are doing in the darkness, each at the shrine of his idol? For they are saying, ‘The Lord does not see us. The Lord has abandoned the land.’”

On that day I will make a covenant for them
with the wild animals, the birds of the sky,
and the creatures that crawl on the ground.
I will shatter bow, sword,
and weapons of war in the land

and will enable the people to rest securely.

And at that time I will search Jerusalem with lamps
and punish the men who settle down comfortably,

who say to themselves:
The Lord will not do good or evil.

When

the Lord will certainly bring against them
the mighty rushing waters of the Euphrates River—
the king of Assyria and all his glory.
It will overflow its channels
and spill over all its banks.

A flood of forces will be swept away before him; they will be shattered, as well as the covenant prince.

We have made

They say to the seers, “Do not see,”
and to the prophets,
“Do not prophesy the truth to us.
Tell us flattering things.
Prophesy illusions.

The prophets prophesy falsely,
and the priests rule by their own authority.
My people love it like this.
But what will you do at the end of it?

And I replied, “Oh no, Lord God! The prophets are telling them, ‘You won’t see sword or suffer famine. I will certainly give you true peace in this place.’”

Lord, my strength and my stronghold,
my refuge in a time of distress,
the nations will come to You
from the ends of the earth, and they will say,
“Our fathers inherited only lies,
worthless idols of no benefit at all.”

The prophet Jeremiah said to the prophet Hananiah, “Listen, Hananiah! The Lord did not send you, but you have led these people to trust in a lie.

those prophets of Israel who prophesied to Jerusalem and saw a vision of peace for her when there was no peace.” This is the declaration of the Lord God.

The Lord says:

I will not relent from punishing Judah
for three crimes, even four,
because they have rejected the instruction of the Lord

and have not kept His statutes.
The lies that their ancestors followed
have led them astray.

Those who cling to worthless idols
forsake faithful love,

The coming of the lawless one is based on Satan’s working, with all kinds of false miracles, signs, and wonders,

General references

There is a way that seems right to a man,
but its end is the way to death.