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

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 28:19 Lit take
  2. Isaiah 28:19 Lit only
  3. Isaiah 28:19 Lit the report, or, the message
  4. Isaiah 28:20 Lit narrow
  5. Isaiah 28:21 Lit task is strange
  6. Isaiah 28:21 Lit work is alien