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Isaiah 28:15 Interlinear

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

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1כִּ֣יH3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
2אֲמַרְתֶּ֗םH559Because ye have saidto say (used with great latitude)
3כָּרַ֤תְנֽוּH3772We have madeto cut (off, down or asunder); by implication, to destroy or consume; specifically, to covenant (i.e., make an alliance or bargain, originally by cutt
4בְרִית֙H1285a covenanta compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh)
5אֶתH854properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc
6מָ֔וֶתH4194with deathdeath (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin
7וְעִםH5973adverb or preposition, with (i.e., in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then
8שְׁא֖וֹלH7585and with hellhades or the world of the dead (as if a subterranean retreat), including its accessories and inmates
9עָשִׂ֣ינוּH6213are weto do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
10חֹזֶ֑הH2374at agreementa beholder in vision; also a compact (as looked upon with approval)
11שׁ֣יֹטH7857when the overflowingto gush; by implication, to inundate, cleanse; by analogy, to gallop, conquer
12שׁוֹטֵ֤ףH7752scourgea lash (literally or figuratively)
13כִּֽיH3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
14עֲבֹר֙H5674shall pass throughto cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in
15לֹ֣אH3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
16יְבוֹאֵ֔נוּH935it shall not cometo go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
17כִּ֣יH3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
18שַׂ֧מְנוּH7760unto us for we have madeto put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
19כָזָ֛בH3577liesfalsehood; literally (untruth) or figuratively (idol)
20מַחְסֵ֖נוּH4268our refugea shelter (literally or figuratively)
21וּבַשֶּׁ֥קֶרH8267and under falsehoodan untruth; by implication, a sham (often adverbial)
22נִסְתָּֽרְנוּ׃H5641have we hidto hide (by covering), literally or figuratively

Verse Context

Isaiah 28:14 Wherefore hear the word of the LORD ye scornful...
Isaiah 28:15 (current) 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
Isaiah 28:16 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD ...

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