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19 As often as it passes through, it shall seize you;
    for morning by morning it shall pass through,
    anytime by day or night.

It shall be terror only
    to understand the report.
20 The bed is too short to stretch out,
    and the covering is too small to wrap oneself in it.
21 For the Lord shall rise up as at Mount Perazim,
    He shall be wrathful as in the Valley of Gibeon
to do His work, His unusual work,
    and bring to pass His task, His exceptional 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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