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Isaiah 28:20

18 Your covenant with death will be dissolved, and your agreement with Sheol will not stand. When the overwhelming scourge passes through, you will be trampled by it.

19 As often as it passes through, it will carry you away; it will sweep through morning after morning, by day and by night.” The understanding of this message will bring sheer terror.

Indeed, the bed is too short to stretch out on, and the blanket too small to wrap around you.

21 For the LORD will rise up as at Mount Perazim. He will rouse Himself as in the Valley of Gibeon, to do His work, His strange work, and to perform His task, His disturbing task.

22 So now, do not mock, or your shackles will become heavier. Indeed, I have heard from the Lord GOD of Hosts a decree of destruction against the whole land.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Indeed, the bed is too short to stretch out on, and the blanket too small to wrap around you.
KJV
For the bed is shorter than that a man can stretch himself on it: and the covering narrower than that he can wrap himself in it.
WEB
For the bed is too short to stretch out on, and the blanket is too narrow to wrap oneself in.
ASV
For the bed is shorter than that a man can stretch himself on it; and the covering narrower than that he can wrap himself in it.
DARBY
For the bed is too short to stretch oneself on, and the covering too narrow when he would wrap himself in it.
BLB
For the bed is too short for stretching out, and the covering too narrow for wrapping oneself.
ÅB
for sengen er for kort til å strekke seg ut i, og teppet for smalt til å svøpe seg i.
OTB
Sengen er for kort til å strekke seg ut på, og teppet for smalt til å vikle seg inn i.
B1930
for sengen er for kort til å strekke sig ut i, og teppet for smalt til å svøpe sig i.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • 1 Corinthians 1:18–31

    For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.

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  • Isaiah 64:6

    Each of us has become like something unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags; we all wither like a leaf, and our iniquities carry us away like the wind.

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  • Romans 9:30–32

    What then will we say? That the Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have obtained it, a righteousness that is by faith;

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  • Jeremiah 7:8–10

    But look, you keep trusting in deceptive words to no avail.

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  • Isaiah 59:5–6

    They hatch the eggs of vipers and weave a spider’s web. Whoever eats their eggs will die; crack one open, and a viper is hatched.

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  • Isaiah 66:3–6

    Whoever slaughters an ox is like one who slays a man; whoever sacrifices a lamb is like one who breaks a dog’s neck; whoever presents a grain offering is like one who offers pig’s blood; whoever offers frankincense is like one who blesses an idol. Indeed, they have chosen their own ways and delighted in their abominations.

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  • Isaiah 57:12–13

    I will expose your righteousness and your works, and they will not profit you.

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