Isaiah 28:19-21

Contemporary English Version

¹⁹Morning, noon, and night
an overwhelming flood
    will wash you away.
The terrible things that happen
    will teach you this lesson:
²⁰Your 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.

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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).