11 For with ^astammering lips and another tongue
He will speak to this people, ‡

12 To whom He said, “This is the ^arest with which
You may cause the weary to rest,”
And, “This is the refreshing”;
Yet they would not hear. ‡

15 Because you have said, “We have made a covenant with death,
And with Sheol we are in agreement.
When the overflowing scourge passes through,
It will not come to us,
^aFor we have made lies our refuge,
And under falsehood we have hidden ourselves.”  ‡

16 Therefore thus says the Lord God:
“Behold, I lay in Zion ^aa stone for a foundation,
A tried stone, a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation;
Whoever believes will not act hastily. ‡