Isaiah 28:18

28:18 Your treaty with death will be dissolved;

your agreement with Sheol will not last.

When the overwhelming judgment sweeps by,

you will be overrun by it.


tn On the meaning of כָּפַר (kafar) in this context, see HALOT 494 s.v. I כפר and J. N. Oswalt, Isaiah (NICOT), 1:515, n. 9.

tn Normally the noun חָזוּת (khazut) means “vision.” See the note at v. 15.

tn Or “will not stand” (NIV, NRSV).

tn See the note at v. 15.

tn Heb “you will become a trampling place for it.”