Isaiah 28:20

For the matztza (bed, mattress) is shorter than one can stretch himself on it; 1 and the blanket narrower than that he can wrap himself in. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

19As often as it goeth forth it shall seize you; 1 for boker by boker shall it pass over, 1 by day and by night; 1 and it shall be a terror just to understand the message. 1

21For Hashem shall rise up as in Har Peratzim, 1 He shall be in wrath as in the valley of Giv'on, 1 that He may do His ma'aseh, His zar ma'aseh (strange work, foreign work); 1 and bring to pass His avodah, His nochriyah avodah. 1

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Cross References

Isaiah 10:3And what will ye do in the Yom Pekuddah (Day Of Visitation, Reckoning) 1 and in the desolation which shall come from afar? 1 To whom will ye flee for ezrah (help)? 1 And where will ye leave your kavod (glory, riches)? 1

Isaiah 59:5They hatch the beytzim (eggs) of the tzifoni (viper, poisonous snake), 1 and weave the webs of the akavish (spider); 1 he that eateth of their beytzim (eggs) dieth, 1 and of that which is cracked open, an efeh (kind of poisonous snake) is hatched. 1

Isaiah 66:3He that slaughtereth the bull 1 is the slayer of a man; 1 he that sacrificeth a seh, 1 is a strangler of dogs; 1 he that offereth a minchah, 1 it is dahm chazir; 1 he that burneth incense, 1 blesseth idols. 1 As they have chosen their own ways, 1 and their nefesh delighteth in their shikkutzim (abominations), 1

Romans 9:30What then shall we say? That Goyim who do not pursue Tzidkot (righteousness) have attained Tzidkot which is Tzidkot through emunah,

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 28:15-23

Judgments Announced; The Corner-stone in Zion. ( b. c. 725.) 14 Wherefore hear the word of the Lord , ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem. 15 Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves: 16 Therefore thus saith the Lord God , Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a… Read the whole commentary →

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