Isaiah 28:15
King James Version
9 Jun 2026
“Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:”
מַחֲסֶה
A place you run to when the storm hits. Not built by human hands. The psalmist had seen cities fall, mountains shake, waters roar — and still declared God as refuge. Not because the storm stopped, but because the shelter held.
כָּרַת
we have made
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כָּרַת
to cut (off, down or asunder); by implication, to destroy or consume; specifically, to covenant (i.e. make an alliance or bargain, originally by cutting flesh and passing between the pieces)
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עָבַר
it will pass by
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עָבַר
to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation)
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עָשָׂה
we have made
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עָשָׂה
To do, to make, to accomplish. Asah. God looked at everything He had made and called it very good. Your life is also His asah. He is still working on it.
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בְּרִית
a covenant
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בְּרִית
Covenant. Berith. A solemn binding agreement. God's covenants are unconditional promises that He will never break under any circumstances.
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שׂוּם
we have made
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שׂוּם
To put, to set, to place. Shuwm. I have set the LORD always before me. A deliberate daily choice to keep God at the centre of everything.
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כִּי
if
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כִּי
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
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שְׁאוֹל
Sheol
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שְׁאוֹל
Hell, grave — sheol; the realm of the dead; David says even there God is present and the Holy One would not be abandoned to it
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מָוֶת
death
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מָוֶת
Death. Mavet. The cessation of life. But God holds the keys of death and promised resurrection to all who are in Him.
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שָׁטַף
overflowing
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שָׁטַף
to gush; by implication, to inundate, cleanse; by analogy, to gallop, conquer
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חֹזֶה
an agreement
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חֹזֶה
a beholder in vision; also a compact (as looked upon with approval)
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כָּזָב
falsehood
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כָּזָב
falsehood; literally (untruth) or figuratively (idol)
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סָתַר
we have hidden ourselves
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סָתַר
to hide (by covering), literally or figuratively
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שׁוֹט
a scourge
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שׁוֹט
a lash (literally or figuratively)
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