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.

For the bed is shorter ... - proverbial for extreme straits. They shall find all their sources of confidence fail them: all shall be hopeless perplexity in their affairs.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For the bed is shorter ... - This is evidently a proverbial saying, and means that they would find all their places of defense insufficient to se...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

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Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the 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 . For the bed is...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Judgment also will I lay to the line— The prophet, having provided for the safety of those who put their trust in God, prepares himself to denounce...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

This chapter must be assigned ( Isaiah 28:1 ) to a date prior to the capture of Samaria by the Assyrians (722 b.c.) and fall of the northern kingdom....
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Depicts in an expressive figure the failure ending in restless discomfort and distress, towards which the policy of the dominant party is tending.
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

For the bed is shorter... — The image represents vividly a policy that ended in failure. Hezekiah’s counsellors had “made their bed,” and would hav...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Here begins the third and last circle of the first division of the book. It consists of a series of prophecies concerning the chosen people and the w...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

I have often thought, that among all the unpromising appearances of things around, when men sin with a high hand, in slighting and despising both God...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

For the bed is shorter than that [a man] can stretch himself [on it] ,.... When a bed is short, a man cannot lie at his full length, and at ease:...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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]. Ver. 20. Fo...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

For the bed is shorter , &c. For those lying refuges, to which you trust, will not be able to give you that protection which you expect from the...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Judgments Announced; The Corner-stone in Zion. B. C. 725....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

For those lying refuges to which you trust will not be able to give you that protection and comfort which you expect from them, no more than a man ca...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah Sternly Warns About The Threatening Future If They Will Not Look to God's Sure Foundation ( Isaiah 28:14-22 ). The leaders of Judah reply t...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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The Biblical Illustrator

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The Biblical Illustrator

For the bed is shorter than that a man can stretch himself on it The short bed and the narrow covering The Jewish beds were only mattresses, la...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The False qnd the True Refuge
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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, that is, the people...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

For — For those lying refuges, to which you trust, will not be able to give you that protection, which you expect from them; no more than a man can...

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.

Related Commentaries of Isaiah 28:20

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Isaiah 28:20