Isaiah 28:20-22

Contemporary English Version

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.
²²So you had better stop sneering
or you will be in worse shape
    than ever before.
I heard the Lord All-Powerful
threaten the whole country
    with destruction.

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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).