John Gill Commentary Isaiah 28:18

"And your covenant with death shall be annulled, and your agreement with Sheol shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it." — Isaiah 28:18 (ASV)

And your covenant with death shall be disannulled
Or, "be besmeared" ^F24 , or daubed over, as the ark was with pitch, (Genesis 6:14) where the same word is used as here; so that it shall not be legible, as any writing that is blotted out by ink, or any other liquor, so that it cannot be read; in like manner this their covenant with death should be so obliterated, that the articles of it could not be made out, and so of no force; thus the Targum renders it, ``shall be made void;'' (See Gill on Isaiah 28:15):

and your agreement with hell shall not stand ;
or "vision", or "provision" ^F25 ; which they had made by compact, with the greatest care, caution, and foresight, to secure themselves from destruction, would be found insufficient. The Targum is, ``and our peace, which was with the destroyer, shall not not stand;'' (See Gill on Isaiah 28:15):

when the overflowing scourge shall pass through :
the land of Judea and the city of Jerusalem; (See Gill on Isaiah 28:15):

then shall you be trodden down by it :
though they flattered themselves it should not come near them, yet it would; and they would not be able to stand before it, but would be thrown down, and trampled upon by it as the mire of the streets; see (Luke 21:24) .

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FOOTNOTES:

• F24: (rpkw) "Heb. oblinetur", Piscator; "quasi pica illita tabulae literaeque foederis incrustentur, inducantur ac dispereant", Gusset. Comment. Ebr. p. 397.
• F25: (Mktwzxw) "et visio vestra", Vatablus; "cautio vestra", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Heb. "visio", i.e. "provisio", Piscator.