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20 The bed is too short to stretch out and the blanket is too small
    for you to hide in or pretend you are not here.

21 For the Eternal will stand as He did at Mount Perazim
    and shake it all up as He did in Gibeon Valley,
To accomplish whatever it is that God wills to accomplish—
    strange deeds indeed.
22 So don’t keep laughing it off,
    or your chains will be made even stronger.
For I heard from the Lord, the Eternal, Commander of heavenly armies,
    that an absolute end has been determined for the whole earth.

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20 The bed is too short to stretch out on,
    the blanket too narrow to wrap around you.(A)
21 The Lord will rise up as he did at Mount Perazim,(B)
    he will rouse himself as in the Valley of Gibeon(C)
to do his work,(D) his strange work,
    and perform his task, his alien task.
22 Now stop your mocking,(E)
    or your chains will become heavier;
the Lord, the Lord Almighty, has told me
    of the destruction decreed(F) against the whole land.(G)

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