13. So for them the word of the Lord shall be:“Command on command, command on command,Rule on rule, rule on rule,here a little, there a little!”So that when they walk, they shall stumble backward,broken, ensnared, and captured.
14. Therefore, hear the word of the Lord, you scoffers,who rule this people in Jerusalem:
15. You have declared, “We have made a covenant with death,with Sheol we have made a pact;When the raging flood passes through,it will not reach us;For we have made lies our refuge,and in falsehood we have found a hiding place,”—
16. Therefore, thus says the Lord God:See, I am laying a stone in Zion,a stone that has been tested,A precious cornerstone as a sure foundation;whoever puts faith in it will not waver.
17. I will make judgment a measuring line,and justice a level.—Hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies,and waters shall flood the hiding place.