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.
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Isaiah 28:20
Isaiah 28:20
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible · John Gill (1697–1771) · Public Domain
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