The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB) translates the verse this way......"For you said, "We have cut a deal with Death, and we have made an agreement with Sheol..." Most translations prefer the wordage...'made a covenant'...instead of 'cut a deal'...but the essence is the same. Judah made a deal with Egypt....to protect them from Assyria....instead of obeying God and relying on Him!
A verse that most Christians are aware of immediately follows....."Therefore the Lord GOD said: 'Look, I have laid a stone in Zion, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation, the one who believes will be unshakable'." These verses speak not only to events then...and at a future time...but to the terrors of the unsaved facing God in judgment.
Israel is then told..."Your deal with Death will be dissolved.....Only terror will cause you to understand the message." Most translations word it as the message causing terror. Either way...the deal wasn't going to work! The big plan for Egypt to save them was going to go bust.
Everyone is trying to cut deals today. Somewhere in the past I wrote something like this.....Donald Trump thinks that he made a deal with God...'He doesn't step on my toes...I don't step on his'......and we seemed to have signed on to it. It's going to be pure terror to those who see the fulfillment of what is fifteen verses later...."Then suddenly, in an instant, you will be visited by the LORD of Hosts with thunder, earthquake, and loud noise, storm, tempest, and a flame of consuming fire. The multitude of all nations going to battle against Ariel-" (Jerusalem)
A verse that most Christians are aware of immediately follows....."Therefore the Lord GOD said: 'Look, I have laid a stone in Zion, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation, the one who believes will be unshakable'." These verses speak not only to events then...and at a future time...but to the terrors of the unsaved facing God in judgment.
Israel is then told..."Your deal with Death will be dissolved.....Only terror will cause you to understand the message." Most translations word it as the message causing terror. Either way...the deal wasn't going to work! The big plan for Egypt to save them was going to go bust.
Everyone is trying to cut deals today. Somewhere in the past I wrote something like this.....Donald Trump thinks that he made a deal with God...'He doesn't step on my toes...I don't step on his'......and we seemed to have signed on to it. It's going to be pure terror to those who see the fulfillment of what is fifteen verses later...."Then suddenly, in an instant, you will be visited by the LORD of Hosts with thunder, earthquake, and loud noise, storm, tempest, and a flame of consuming fire. The multitude of all nations going to battle against Ariel-" (Jerusalem)
