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Isaiah 28:19-21
New English Translation
Isaiah 28:19-21
New English Translation
19 Whenever it sweeps by, it will overtake you;
indeed,[a] every morning it will sweep by,
it will come through during the day and the night.”[b]
When this announcement is understood,
it will cause nothing but terror.
20 For the bed is too short to stretch out on,
and the blanket is too narrow to wrap around oneself.[c]
21 For the Lord will rise up, as he did at Mount Perazim;[d]
he will rouse himself, as he did in the Valley of Gibeon,[e]
to accomplish his work,
his peculiar work,
to perform his task,
his strange task.[f]
Footnotes
- Isaiah 28:19 tn Or “for” (KJV, ASV, NASB, NRSV).
- Isaiah 28:19 tn The words “it will come through” are supplied in the translation. The verb “will sweep by” does double duty in the parallel structure.
- Isaiah 28:20 sn The bed and blanket probably symbolize their false sense of security. A bed that is too short and a blanket that is too narrow may promise rest and protection from the cold, but in the end they are useless and disappointing. In the same way, their supposed treaty with death will prove useless and disappointing.
- Isaiah 28:21 sn This probably alludes to David’s victory over the Philistines at Baal Perazim. See 2 Sam 5:20.
- Isaiah 28:21 sn This probably alludes to the Lord’s victory over the Canaanites at Gibeon, during the days of Joshua. See Josh 10:10-11.
- Isaiah 28:21 sn God’s judgment of his own people is called “his peculiar work” and “his strange task,” because he must deal with them the way he treated their enemies in the past.
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