¹⁵ You boast, “We have entered into a covenant with death,^(A)
    with the realm of the dead we have made an agreement.
When an overwhelming scourge sweeps by,^(B)
    it cannot touch us,
for we have made a lie^(C) our refuge
    and falsehood^[a] our hiding place.^(D)”

²⁵ This is your lot,
    the portion^(A) I have decreed for you,”
declares the Lord,
“because you have forgotten^(B) me
    and trusted in false gods.^(C)