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Therefore, ^(C1)hear the word of the LORD, you ^(C2)scoffers, Who rule this people who are in Jerusalem,

Because you have said, "We have made a ^(C1)covenant with death, And with ^(F1)Sheol we have made a ^(F2)pact. ^(C2)The ^(F3)gushing flood will not reach us when it passes by, Because we have made ^(C3)falsehood our refuge and we have ^(C4)concealed ourselves with deception."

Therefore this is what the Lord ^(F1)GOD says: "^(C1)Behold, I am laying a stone in Zion, a tested ^(C2)stone, A precious cornerstone for the foundation, ^(F2)firmly placed. The one who believes in it will not be ^(F3)disturbed.

-"I will make ^(C1)justice the measuring line And righteousness the level; Then ^(C2)hail will sweep away the refuge of lies, And the waters will overflow the secret place.

-"Your ^(C1)covenant with death will be ^(F1)(C2)canceled, And your pact with Sheol will not stand; When the ^(F2)(C1)gushing flood passes through, Then you will become its ^(C3)trampling ground.

-"As ^(C1)often as it passes through, it will ^(F1)seize you; For ^(C2)morning after morning it will pass through, anytime during the day or night, And it will be ^(F2)sheer ^(C3)terror to understand ^(F3)what it means."

The bed is too short on which to stretch out, And the ^(C1)blanket is too ^(F1)small to wrap oneself in.

For the LORD will rise up as at Mount ^(C1)Perazim, He will be stirred up as in the Valley of ^(C2)Gibeon, To do His ^(C3)task, His ^(F1)(C4)unusual task, And to work His work, His ^(F2)extraordinary work.

And now do not carry on as ^(C1)scoffers, Or your shackles will be made stronger; For I have heard from the Lord ^(F1)GOD of armies Of decisive ^(C2)destruction on all the earth.