Isaiah 28:20
“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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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
For the Lord shall rise up as in Mount Perazim,.... Where the Lord broke forth on David's enemies the Philistines, as…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
For the bed is shorter ... - This is evidently a proverbial saying, and means that they would find all their places of…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Isaiah 28:14-22
The prophet, having reproved those that made a jest of the word of God, here goes on to reprove those that made a jest…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
A proverbial expression for the intolerable situation which the politicians are preparing for themselves and their…
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