Study it in the app“Because you have said, “We have made a covenant with death, and with Sheol we have made an agreement; the sweeping whip, when it passes through, will not come to us, for we have made a lie our refuge, and in falsehood we have hidden ourselves.””
Becauseכִּיyou have said,אֲמַרְתֶּם“We have madeכָּרַתְנוּa covenantבְרִיתwith death,אֶת מָוֶתand with Sheolוְעִם שְׁאוֹלwe have madeעָשִׂינוּan agreement;חֹזֶהthe sweepingשׁוֹטֵףwhip,שׁוֹטwhenכִּיit passes through,יַעֲבֹרwill notלֹאcome to us,יְבוֹאֵנוּforכִּיwe have madeשַׂמְנוּa lieכָזָבour refuge,מַחְסֵנוּand in falsehoodוּבַשֶּׁקֶרwe have hidden ourselves.”נִסְתָּרְנוּ
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amartem” appearsmake a covenant
Literally "cut": to seal a solemn agreement, splitting animals.
Where else “karatnu” appearscovenant
The commitment God makes with his people, with promises and commands.
Where else “verit” appearsdeath
The end of life: when someone stops breathing and returns to dust.
Where else “mavet” appearsSheol
Sheol: in the Old Testament, the place of the dead, the grave, where all go down at death.
Where else “sheol” appearsmake
To build or create something.
Where else “asinu” appearsagreement
A deal closed with someone that binds one to it.
Where else “choze” appearsoverflow
To burst its banks and carry everything off.
Where else “shotef” appearswhip, scourge
Whip, scourge: a lash for striking animals or people. It is also used as an image of a punishment.
Where else “shot” appearspass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “yaavor” appearscome
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “yevoe” appearsmake
To turn something into another: "I will turn him into a nation".
Where else “samnu” appearslie, falsehood
A lie, falsehood: what is said or sought and is not true; also something that deceives because it promises and does not deliver.
Where else “chazav” appearsrefuge, shelter
A refuge, a place to take cover.
Where else “machse” appearslie
What is said against the truth in order to deceive, even before a judge.
Where else “sheker” appearshide
To put someone or something out of sight, to keep it safe or to flee.
Where else “nistarnu” appears“Agreement” translates a word that elsewhere is “vision”; here and in 28:18 it is used for a covenant.
14Therefore hear the word of YHWH, you men of scoffing, rulers of this people that is in Jerusalem.
15 · This verse (above)
16Therefore thus says Adonai YHWH: “Look, I have laid as a foundation in Zion a stone, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone, a foundation well founded; the one who believes will not hurry.
