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19 Every time it comes, it will carry you away.
It could come any morning, any day, any night.

If you understand this message, you will be utterly terrified:
20     The bed is too short to lie on,
    and the blanket is too narrow to cover you.
21 For the Lord will rise up as he did on Mount Perazim.
He will be enraged, as he was in the valley of Gibeon,
    to do his work, his strange work,
    and to accomplish his task, his foreign task.

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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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