Isaiah 28:20
Indeed, the bed is too short to stretch out on,
What it says
The bed is too short and the blanket too narrow to provide real rest.
What it is doing
This verse turns false security into a memorable image of insufficiency.
In context
14Therefore hear the word of the LORD, O scoffers 15For you said, “We have made a covenant with death; 16So this is what the Lord GOD says: 17I will make justice the measuring line 18Your covenant with death will be dissolved, 19As often as it passes through, 20Indeed, the bed is too short to stretch out on, 21For the LORD will rise up as at Mount Perazim. 22So now, do not mock,