¹⁵ Because you have said, “We have made a ^(A)covenant with death,
And with ^[a]Sheol we have made a ^[b]pact.
^(B)The overwhelming ^[c]scourge will not reach us when it passes by,
For we have made ^(C)falsehood our refuge and we have ^(D)concealed ourselves with deception.”

⁹ For this is a ^(A)rebellious people, ^(B)false sons,
Sons who ^[a]refuse to ^(C)listen
To the ^[b]instruction of the Lord;

¹³ Transgressing and ^(A)denying the Lord,
And turning away from our God,
Speaking ^(B)oppression and revolt,
Conceiving in and ^(C)uttering from the heart lying words.