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19 As (A)often as it passes through, it will take you;
For (B)morning after morning it will pass through, anytime during the day or night,
And it will be [a]sheer (C)terror to understand the report.”
20 The bed is too short on which to stretch out,
And the (D)blanket is too narrow to wrap oneself in.
21 For Yahweh will rise up as at Mount (E)Perazim;
He will be stirred up as in the valley of (F)Gibeon,
To work His (G)work, His [b](H)unusual work,
And to labor in His labor, His [c]exceptional labor.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 28:19 Lit only
  2. Isaiah 28:21 Lit task is strange
  3. Isaiah 28:21 Lit work is foreign

19 As often as it comes it will carry you away;(A)
    morning after morning,(B) by day and by night,
    it will sweep through.”

The understanding of this message
    will bring sheer terror.(C)
20 The bed is too short to stretch out on,
    the blanket too narrow to wrap around you.(D)
21 The Lord will rise up as he did at Mount Perazim,(E)
    he will rouse himself as in the Valley of Gibeon(F)
to do his work,(G) his strange work,
    and perform his task, his alien task.

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