Isaías 28:18

18 Se anulará el pacto que hicieron con la muerte,quedará sin efecto su alianza con el sepulcro.Cuando venga la calamidad abrumadora,a ustedes los aplastará.

Isaías 28:18 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 28:18

And your covenant with death shall be disannulled
Or, "be besmeared" ^F24, or daubed over, as the ark was with pitch, ( Genesis 6:14 ) where the same word is used as here; so that it shall not be legible, as any writing that is blotted out by ink, or any other liquor, so that it cannot be read; in like manner this their covenant with death should be so obliterated, that the articles of it could not be made out, and so of no force; thus the Targum renders it,

``shall be made void;''

(See Gill on Isaiah 28:15): and your agreement with hell shall not stand;
or "vision", or "provision" ^F25; which they had made by compact, with the greatest care, caution, and foresight, to secure themselves from destruction, would be found insufficient. The Targum is,

``and our peace, which was with the destroyer, shall not stand;''

(See Gill on Isaiah 28:15): when the overflowing scourge shall pass through:
the land of Judea and the city of Jerusalem; (See Gill on Isaiah 28:15): then shall ye be trodden down by it:
though they flattered themselves it should not come near them, yet it would; and they would not be able to stand before it, but would be thrown down, and trampled upon by it as the mire of the streets; see ( Luke 21:24 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F24 (rpkw) "Heb. oblinetur", Piscator; "quasi pica illita tabulae literaeque foederis incrustentur, inducantur ac dispereant", Gusset. Comment. Ebr. p. 397.
F25 (Mktwzxw) "et visio vestra", Vatablus; "cautio vestra", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Heb. "visio", i.e. "provisio", Piscator.

Isaías 28:18 In-Context

16 Por eso dice el SEÑOR omnipotente:«¡Yo pongo en Sión una piedra probada!,piedra angular y preciosa para un cimiento firme;el que confíe no andará desorientado.

17 Pondré como nivel la justicia,y la rectitud como plomada.El granizo arrasará con el refugio de la mentira,y las aguas inundarán el escondite.

18 Se anulará el pacto que hicieron con la muerte,quedará sin efecto su alianza con el sepulcro.Cuando venga la calamidad abrumadora,a ustedes los aplastará.

19 Cada vez que pase, los arrebatará;pasará mañana tras mañana, de día y de noche».La comprensión de este mensajecausará terror absoluto.

20 La cama es demasiado estrecha para estirarse en ella,la manta es demasiado corta para envolverse en ella.