Isaiah Chapter 28 verse 20 Holy Bible
For the bed is shorter than that a man can stretch himself on it; and the covering narrower than that he can wrap himself in it.
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For the bed is not long enough for a man to be stretched out on: and the cover is not wide enough for him to be covered with.
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For the bed is too short to stretch oneself on, and the covering too narrow when he would wrap himself in it.
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For the bed is shorter than that a man can stretch himself on it: and the covering narrower than that he can wrap himself in it.
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For the bed is shorter than that a man can stretch himself on it; and the covering narrower than that he can wrap himself in it.
read chapter 28 in WEB
For shorter hath been the bed Than to stretch one's self out in, And the covering hath been narrower Than to wrap one's self up in.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 20. - For the bed, etc. We have a proverb, "As a man makes his bed, so must he lie in it." The Jews will have made themselves a bed in which they can have no comfort or ease, and consequently no rest. But they will only have themselves to blame for it.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(20) For the bed is shorter . . .--The image represents vividly a policy that ended in failure. Hezekiah's counsellors had "made their bed," and would have to lie on it, in their Egyptian alliance, but it would not meet their wants. Bed and blankets would be all too scanty, and leave them in a restless disquietude.
