Isaiah 28:16-22

¹⁶Therefore this is what the Lord God says:

“Behold, I am laying a stone in Zion, a tested stone,

A precious cornerstone for the foundation, firmly placed.

The one who believes in it will not be disturbed.

17“I will make justice the measuring line

And righteousness the level;

Then hail will sweep away the refuge of lies,

And the waters will overflow the secret place.

18“Your covenant with death will be canceled,

And your pact with Sheol will not stand;

When the gushing flood passes through,

Then you will become its trampling ground.

19“As often as it passes through, it will seize you;

For morning after morning it will pass through, anytime during the day or night,

And it will be sheer terror to understand what it means.”

20The bed is too short on which to stretch out,

And the blanket is too small to wrap oneself in.

21For the Lord will rise up as at Mount Perazim,

He will be stirred up as in the Valley of Gibeon,

To do His task, His unusual task,

And to work His work, His extraordinary work.

22And now do not carry on as scoffers,

Or your shackles will be made stronger;

For I have heard from the Lord God of armies

Of decisive destruction on all the earth.