KJV ORIGINAL
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.
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE
The bed is too short for a person to stretch out on, and the blanket is too narrow to wrap around themselves.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
This verse is saying that inadequate solutions won't provide the comfort or security people desperately need.
📚 Historical Context
Isaiah was speaking to the people of Judah who had made political alliances with foreign nations, thinking these would protect them from Assyrian invasion. He was using this metaphor of an uncomfortable bed and inadequate blanket to show that their human schemes and false agreements would fail to provide the safety and peace they sought.
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