I'm pretty sure the covenant with death was the old covenant.
Isaiah 28:18 (ASV)
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18 [/SUP] And your covenant with
death shall be annulled, and your agreement with Sheol shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it.
Believe it or not, most Commentaries say little or nothing about that verse. What came to may mind is the Seven Year so-called Peace Covenant, will be annulled, three and a half years into that so-called Peace Treaty.
Daniel 9:27 (ASV)
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27 [/SUP] And he shall make a firm covenant with many for one week: and
in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease; and upon the wing of abominations
shall come one that maketh desolate; and even unto the full end, and that determined, shall
wrath be poured out upon the desolate.
Hebrews 2:14 (KJV)
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14 [/SUP] Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death
He might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;
2 Thessalonians 2:9 (NASB)
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9 [/SUP]
that is, the one whose coming is in accord with the activity of Satan, with all power and signs and false wonders,
So that could be a reference to Israel making a Peace Treaty Covenant with the Dictator whose activity is empowered by Satan, in other words, the Antichrist.