Catholic Public Domain Version
"For the bed has been narrowed, so much so that one alone would fall out, and the short blanket is not able to cover two."
— Isaiah 28:20, Catholic Public Domain 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.”
“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. ”
“For the bed is too short to stretch out on, and the blanket is too narrow to wrap oneself in.”
“For the bed is too short to stretch out on, and the blanket is too narrow to wrap around oneself.”
“For the bed is straitened, so that one must fall out, and a short covering cannot cover both.”
“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.”
“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.”
And I will establish judgment in weights, and justice in measures. And a hailstorm will overturn hope in what is false; and waters will inundate its protection.
And your deal with death will be abolished, and your pact with Hell will not stand. When the inundating scourge passes through, you will be trampled down by it.
Whenever it passes through, it will take you away. For, at first light of morning, it will pass through, in the day and in the night, and vexation alone will make you understand what you hear.
For the bed has been narrowed, so much so that one alone would fall out, and the short blanket is not able to cover two.
For the Lord will stand, just as at the mountain of divisions. He will be angry, just as in the valley which is in Gibeon, so that he may accomplish his work, his strange work, so that he may complete his work, his work which is foreign even to him.
And now, do not be willing to mock, lest your chains be tightened. For I have heard, from the Lord, the God of hosts, about the consummation and the abridgement concerning the entire earth.
Pay close attention, and listen to my voice! Attend and hear my eloquence!