19 Every time it passes through,
it will carry you away;
it will pass through every morning—
every day and every night.
Only terror(A) will cause you
to understand the message.[a]
20 Indeed, the bed is too short to stretch out on,
and its cover too small to wrap up in.
21 For the Lord will rise up as he did at Mount Perazim.(B)
He will rise in wrath, as at the Valley of Gibeon,(C)
to do his work, his unexpected work,
and to perform his task, his unfamiliar task.

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Footnotes

  1. 28:19 Or The understanding of the message will cause sheer terror

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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