16. Because of these things, this is what the Lord God says:“I will put a stone in the ground in Jerusalem,a tested stone.Everything will be built on this important and precious rock.Anyone who trusts in it will never be disappointed.
17. I will use justice as a measuring lineand goodness as the standard.The lies you hide behind will be destroyed as if by hail.They will be washed away as if in a flood.
18. Your agreement with death will be erased;your contract with death will not help you.When terrible punishment comes,you will be crushed by it.
19. Whenever punishment comes, it will take you away.It will come morning after morning;it will defeat you by day and by night.Those who understand this punishment will be terrified.”
20. You will be like the person who tried to sleepon a bed that was too shortand with a blanket that was too narrowto wrap around himself.