Yǐsaìyàshū 28:20

20 Yuánlái chuáng tà duǎn , shǐ rén bùnéng shū shēn . beì wō zhǎi , shǐ rén bùnéng zhē tǐ .

Yǐsaìyàshū 28:20 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 28:20

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:

and the covering narrower than that he can wrap himself [in it];
when the bedclothes are narrow a man cannot cover himself with them, so as to be warm and comfortable. These proverbial expressions are interpreted by Kimchi of Jerusalem, when besieged by the Assyrian army, when the inhabitants of it were much straitened, distressed, and made uncomfortable; perhaps it may be better understood of the same city when besieged by the Romans, to which the Jews flocked from all parts, in such numbers, for shelter, that there was not room enough for them, at least not provision, and which was the cause of that great distress and miserable condition they were reduced to: in general, the design of the words may be to show that all refuges and shelters, all means made use of for safety and protection, by which they endeavoured to cover and secure themselves, would be insufficient; and particularly such that laid themselves at ease on the bed of their own righteousness, not submitting to Christ and his righteousness, and covered themselves with the rags of their own doings, and not with the garments of his salvation, would find themselves in a very uncomfortable and unsafe state.

Yǐsaìyàshū 28:20 In-Context

18 Nǐmen yǔ sǐwáng suǒ lì de yuē , bìrán feìdiào , yǔ yīnjiān suǒ jié de méng , bì lì bù zhù . dí jūn ( yuánwén zuò biān zǐ ) rú shuǐ zhǎng màn jīngguò de shíhou , nǐmen bì beì tā jiàntà .

19 Mĕi fùng jīngguò bìjiāng nǐmen lǔ qù . yīnwei mĕi zǎochen tā bì jīngguò , báizhòu hēi yè dōu bì rúcǐ . míngbai zhuàn yán de , bì shòu jīngkǒng .

20 Yuánlái chuáng tà duǎn , shǐ rén bùnéng shū shēn . beì wō zhǎi , shǐ rén bùnéng zhē tǐ .

21 Yēhéhuá bì xīngqǐ , xiàng zaì pí lá xīn shān , tā bì fānù , xiàng zaì Jībiàn yù , hǎo zuò chéng tāde gōng , jiù shìfēi cháng de gōng , chéngjiù tāde shì , jiù shì qí yì de shì .

22 Xiànzaì nǐmen bùkĕ xiè màn , kǒngpà kún nǐmen de bǎng suǒ gèng jié shí le . yīnwei wǒ cóng zhǔ wàn jūn zhī Yēhéhuá nàli tīngjian yǐjing juédéng , zaì quán dì shang shīxíng mièjué de shì .