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Isaiah 28:19-21
Contemporary English Version
Isaiah 28:19-21
Contemporary English Version
19 Morning, noon, and night
an overwhelming flood
will wash you away.
The terrible things that happen
will teach you this lesson:
20 Your bed is too short,
your blanket too skimpy.[a]
21 (A) The Lord will fiercely attack
as he did at Mount Perazim[b]
and in Gibeon Valley.[c]
But this time the Lord
will do something surprising,
not what you expect.
Footnotes
- 28.20 Your bed … skimpy: Isaiah quotes a popular saying to teach that the treaty made with Egypt (verse 18) cannot give the nation security from its enemies.
- 28.21 Mount Perazim: This may refer to David's defeat of the Philistines at Baal Perazim (2 Samuel 5.17-21).
- 28.21 Gibeon Valley: This refers to Joshua's victory at Gibeon (Joshua 10.1-11).
Isaiah 28:19-21
New International Version
Isaiah 28:19-21
New International Version
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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