Isaías 28:18

18 Y será abolido vuestro pacto con la muerte, vuestro convenio con el Seol no quedará en pie; cuando pase el azote abrumador, seréis su holladero.

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 tanto, así dice el Señor DIOS: He aquí, pongo por fundamento en Sion una piedra, una piedra probada, angular, preciosa, fundamental, bien colocada. El que crea en ella no será perturbado.

17 Pondré el juicio por medida, y la justicia por nivel; el granizo barrerá el refugio de la mentira, y las aguas cubrirán el escondite.

18 Y será abolido vuestro pacto con la muerte, vuestro convenio con el Seol no quedará en pie; cuando pase el azote abrumador, seréis su holladero.

19 Cuantas veces pase, os arrebatará, porque pasará mañana tras mañana, de día y de noche; y será terrible espanto el comprender el mensaje.

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