15 Because you have said, "We have made a covenant with death,
and with Sheol we have an agreement,
when the ver. 2, 18;[ch. 8:7,8] overwhelming whip passes through
it will not come to us,
for we have made [Rom. 1:25]lies our refuge,
and in falsehood we have taken shelter";
16 therefore thus says the Lord God,
Cited Rom. 9:33;1 Pet. 2:6;[Ps. 118:22;Matt. 21:42;Acts 4:11] "Behold, I am the one who has laid28:16 Dead Sea Scroll I am laying as a foundation ch. 14:32in Zion,
a stone, a tested stone,
a precious cornerstone, of a sure foundation:
‘Whoever believes will not be in haste.’