Isaiah 28:15

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 ourselves:

Cross-reference

Isaiah 28:2 Parallel

In Isaiah 28:2, the same 'overwhelming scourge' is described as a destroying storm — the judgment they think they can escape.

In Isaiah 28:17, God declares that hail will sweep away their refuge of lies — directly opposing their false security.

In Isaiah 28:22, a decree of destruction against the whole land reinforces the warning — their covenant with death is futile.

Isaiah 8:7 Historical context

In Isaiah 8:7, the Assyrian flood is the judgment they think they can escape.

Isaiah 8:8 Historical context

In Isaiah 8:8, the flood reaches Judah's neck—the 'overwhelming whip' they falsely trust to avoid.

In Isaiah 47:10, Babylon's pride and false security ('No one sees me') parallels the attitude of making a covenant with death.

In Isaiah 29:15, people hide their deeds and think no one sees — same self-deceptive hiding as making lies a refuge.

In Isaiah 33:14, sinners are terrified of consuming fire — contrasting their earlier confidence in the covenant with death.

In Isaiah 10:22, destruction decreed for Israel shows the falsehood of their covenant with death—judgment is sure.

In Isaiah 44:20, a deluded heart feeds on ashes and cannot see the lie — mirrors the self-deception of making lies a refuge.

In Isaiah 50:11, those who kindle their own fire will lie down in torment — similar to relying on a false refuge.

Isaiah 5:19 Parallel

Isaiah 5:19 mocks God's judgment by demanding it come quickly—the scoffers instead claim they are safe, different expressions of defiance.

In Isaiah 30:12, trusting in oppression and perverseness is condemned — similar reliance on false security.

Jeremiah 28:15-17 records a false prophet making people trust in a lie, a concrete instance of the deception described here.

Hosea 2:18 Contrast

In Hosea 2:18, God makes a covenant of peace—opposite to the human covenant with death.

In Zephaniah 1:12, the complacent assume God won't act—parallel to false security here.

2 Thessalonians 2:9-11 describes people deceived by false signs because they rejected truth, culminating in belief in lies — a strong parallel to this covenant with death.

Amos 9:10 Parallel

In Amos 9:10, sinners who claim 'disaster shall not overtake us' echo the same false security — a covenant with death that cannot stand.

Amos 5:18 Parallel

Amos 5:18 warns against longing for the day of the Lord as if it were safe, directly paralleling the false confidence in a covenant with death.

Ezekiel 13:11 describes whitewashed walls—a vivid parallel to the lies and false refuge that will collapse under God's judgment.

Jeremiah 7:8 echoes trusting deceptive words, reinforcing the same false security rebuked here.

In Proverbs 16:25, a way that seems right ends in death—exactly the self-deception of Isaiah 28:15’s false covenant.

Jeremiah 13:25 directly parallels 'trusted in lies,' showing this deception as a covenant with death.

In Jeremiah 5:12, people falsely say no disaster will come — identical false confidence to the covenant with death.

Ezekiel 13:16 condemns prophets who cry peace when there is none, the same false reassurance as the covenant with death.

Jeremiah 16:19 contrasts true refuge in God with inherited lies, directly paralleling the false refuge in lies here.

Jonah 2:8 Parallel

Jonah 2:8 warns that those who cling to vain idols forsake God's love, similar to making lies a refuge instead of the true God.

Ecclesiastes 8:8 states no one has power over death—refuting the scoffers' claim of a covenant with death as impossible.

Ezekiel 13:22 describes false prophets disheartening the righteous and strengthening the wicked, akin to relying on lies for safety.

Jeremiah 14:13 shows false prophets promising peace despite danger, echoing the false security of a covenant with death.

Job 5:23 Contrast

In Job 5:23, a covenant with stones and beasts brings peace—contrast to the false covenant with death here.

Ezekiel 21:23 shows people trusting false divination and oaths, similar to the covenant with death—both are false securities.

In Jeremiah 5:31, false prophets and people loving lies mirror the same trust in deception described here.

Amos 2:4 Parallel

Amos 2:4 says Judah was led astray by lies, the same rejection of truth that makes lies a refuge in this verse.

Ezekiel 12:27 has people dismissing prophecy as distant, mirroring the false assurance that judgment won't come soon.

In Jeremiah 44:17, the people trust idolatry for security—mirrors the false refuge of lies.

In Job 15:25-27, the wicked defy God—similar false confidence to the covenant with death.

In Ezekiel 8:12, elders think God doesn't see—same deception as hiding behind lies.