A Cornerstone in Zion
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Therefore hear the word of the LORD, you 1scoffers, who rule this people in Jerusalem!
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Because you have said, "We have made a covenant with death, and with Sheol we have an agreement, when the 2overwhelming whip passes through it will not come to us, for we have made 3lies our refuge, and in falsehood we have taken shelter";
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therefore thus says the Lord GOD, 4"Behold, I am the one who has laida as a foundation 5in Zion, a stone, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone, of a sure foundation: 'Whoever believes will not be in haste.'
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And I will make justice 6the line, and righteousness 7the plumb line; and hail will sweep away the refuge of lies, and waters will overwhelm the shelter."
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Then 8your covenant with death will be annulled, and your agreement with Sheol will not stand; when the overwhelming scourge passes through, you will be beaten down by it.
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As often as it passes through it will take you; 9for morning by morning it will pass through, by day and by night; and it will be 10sheer terror to understand the message.
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For the bed is too short to stretch oneself on, and the covering too narrow to wrap oneself in.
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For the LORD will rise up 11as on Mount Perazim; 12as in the Valley of 13Gibeon he will be roused; to do his deed--strange is his deed! and to work his work--alien is his work!
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Now therefore do not 14scoff, lest your bonds be made strong; for I have heard 15a decree of destruction from the Lord GOD of hosts against the whole land.
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Give ear, and hear my voice; give attention, and hear my speech.
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Does he who plows for sowing plow continually? Does he continually open and harrow his ground?
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16When he has leveled its surface, does he not scatter dill, sow cumin, and put in wheat in rows and barley in its proper place, and emmerb as the border?
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17For he is rightly instructed; his God teaches him.
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Dill is not threshed with a threshing sledge, nor is a cart wheel rolled over cumin, but dill is beaten out with a stick, and cumin with a rod.
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Does one crush grain for bread? No, he does not thresh it forever;c when he drives his cart wheel over it with his horses, he does not crush it.
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This also comes from the LORD of hosts; he is 18wonderful in counsel and excellent in wisdom.
Almeida Atualizada (Portuguese) AA
Isaías 28:14
Ouvi, pois, a palavra do Senhor, homens escarnecedores, que dominais este povo que está em Jerusalém.
King James Version KJV
Isaiah 28:14
Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem.
New King James Version NKJV
Isaiah 28:14
Therefore hear the word of the Lord, you scornful men, Who rule this people who are in Jerusalem,
Nova Versão Internacional NVIP
Isaías 28:14
Portanto, ouçam a palavra do SENHOR, zombadores,vocês, que dominam este povo em Jerusalém.
The English Standard Version is published with the permission of Good News Publishers.
(English Standard Version - The Holy Bible Online)