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19     As often as it passes through,[a] it will take you,
for morning by morning[b] it will pass through,
    in the day and in the night,

and understanding the message will be only terror.”

20 For the bed is too short to stretch out on,[c]
    and the covering is too narrow when wrapping oneself.
21 For Yahweh will rise up as at Mount Perazim;
    he will rave as in the valley at Gibeon
to do his deed—his deed is strange—
    and to work his work—his work is alien!

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 28:19 Literally “From enough his passing through”
  2. Isaiah 28:19 Literally “in the morning in the morning”
  3. Isaiah 28:20 Literally “from stretching oneself”

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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