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Isaiah 28:20-22
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20 For the bed is too short to stretch oneself on,
    and the covering too narrow to wrap oneself in.
21 For the Lord will rise up (A)as on Mount Perazim;
    (B)as in the Valley of (C)Gibeon he will be roused;
to do his deed—strange is his deed!
    and to work his work—alien is his work!
22 Now therefore do not (D)scoff,
    lest your bonds be made strong;
for I have heard (E)a decree of destruction
    from the Lord God of hosts against the whole land.

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Isaiah 28:20-22
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20 The bed is too short on which to stretch out,
And the (A)blanket is too [a]small to wrap oneself in.
21 For the Lord will rise up as at Mount (B)Perazim,
He will be stirred up as in the Valley of (C)Gibeon,
To do His (D)task, His [b](E)unusual task,
And to work His work, His [c]extraordinary work.
22 And now do not carry on as (F)scoffers,
Or your shackles will be made stronger;
For I have heard from the Lord [d]God of armies
Of decisive (G)destruction on all the earth.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 28:20 Lit narrow
  2. Isaiah 28:21 Lit task is strange
  3. Isaiah 28:21 Lit work is foreign
  4. Isaiah 28:22 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord
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