Isaiah 28:20-22

Common English Bible

²⁰The bed is too short to stretch out,
and the shroud is too narrow to cover oneself.

²¹Just as on Mount Perazim, the Lord will rise up;
    as in the Gibeon Valley he will rage to do his deed—strange is his deed!—
    And to work his work—foreign is his work!
²²So now stop your scoffing,
        or your chains will be tightened,
    because destruction has been ordered—I have heard it!—
        by the Lord God of heavenly forces against the whole land.

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Isaiah 28:20-22

New International Version

²⁰The bed is too short to stretch out on,
    the blanket too narrow to wrap around you.^(A)
²¹The Lord will rise up as he did at Mount Perazim,^(B)
    he will rouse himself as in the Valley of Gibeon^(C)—
to do his work,^(D) his strange work,
    and perform his task, his alien task.
²²Now stop your mocking,^(E)
    or your chains will become heavier;
the Lord, the Lord Almighty, has told me
    of the destruction decreed^(F) against the whole land.^(G)

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Isaiah 28:20-22

English Standard Version

²⁰For the bed is too short to stretch oneself on,
    and the covering too narrow to wrap oneself in.
²¹For 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!
²²Now 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.