Isaiah 28:14-16

New International Reader's Version

¹⁴ Listen to the Lord’s message,
    you who make fun of the truth.
    Listen, you who rule over these people in Jerusalem.
¹⁵ You brag, “We have entered into a covenant with the place of the dead.
    We have made an agreement with the grave.
When a terrible plague comes to punish us,
    it can’t touch us.
That’s because we depend on lies to keep us safe.
    We hide behind what isn’t true.”

“Look! I am laying a stone in Zion.
    It is a stone that has been tested.
It is the most important stone for a firm foundation.
    The one who depends on that stone will never be shaken.