Isaiah 28:20

The bed is shorter. The figure again changes. The “bed” represents the policy followed by the leaders of Judah. This policy, they claimed, would bring rest and peace to the nation. But, Isaiah warns, it would prove insufficient to meet their needs. They fell short of grasping the true nature of their condition as a nation and did not realize the kind of remedy, or “bed,” necessary to provide for the national welfare. Their schemes were too narrow to cope with the demands of the predicament in which the people found themselves. Their devices in which they trusted would not save them. The supposedly clever, but evil, schemes to which men so frequently resort are certain to bring nothing but disappointment and vexation of spirit. The only sure refuge in time of trouble is to trust in the Lord and do what is right (see Ps. 37:3).