¹⁸ "Then you'll see that your precious life insurance policy wasn't worth the paper it was written on. Your careful precautions against death were a pack of illusions and lies. When the disaster happens, you'll be crushed by it.

¹⁸ "Your covenant with death will be canceled , And your pact with Sheol will not stand ; When the overwhelming scourge passes through , Then you become its trampling place.

¹⁸ I will cancel the bargain you made to cheat death, and I will overturn your deal to dodge the grave. When the terrible enemy sweeps through, you will be trampled into the ground.