Matthew Poole and continuators on Isaiah 28:15

15. Because ye have said , We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement ; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through , it shall not come unto us; for we have made lies our refuge, and under falshood have we hid our selves .

In your hearts.

We are as safe from Death, and Hell, or the Grave, as if they had entred into Covenant with us, that they would not invade us. The word rendred Hell, most commonly signifies the Grave; which also seems most proper in this place, that so the same thing may be repeated in other words, as is most usual in Prophetical Writings.

The judgment of God, which is called a Scourge, for its sharpness and severity, and overflowing for its universality; two differing Metaphors being joyned together▪ which is not unusual, both in Scripture, and in other Authors.

To wit, the Land.

We shall secure our selves by lying and dissimulation, by compliance with our Enemies, and with their Religion too if it be necessary, and many crafty devices. Or by lies and falshood, he means their Riches and Strength, to which they trusted, to which he giveth these Titles, not that they called or thought them such; but that he might signify what they really were, and would appear to be; see the Notes on Prov. 1. 11.