28:20,21
The short bed and the narrow blanket represent Judah’s efforts being insufficient to deal with the coming onslaught. When faced with a crisis men will usually do what they can to deal with the matter, but when the problem is rebellion against God no matter what men do, it will not be enough. There is only one solution in such cases, and that is to repent. Mount Perazim refers to David’s defeat of the Philistines (2 Samuel 5:17-21) and to the defeat of a coalition of forces opposing Israel and the Gibeonites (Josh 10:1-15). God describes what is about to happen as His “strange work”. In the two battles mentioned God acted on behalf of Israel, here He will be acting and intervening against Israel. That should not happen, but when a nation persistently rebels against God, as Judah had done, it is what will happen. People say how can a God of love send people to hell. God does not want to send people to hell, it is His “strange work”, but the depth and nature of sin is such that there is nothing else to be done.
28:22
Isaiah now addresses those who had been mocking him. If they did not, then the judgement upon them would become even greater. We need to grasp this fact as we seem to be living in an era when men do not want to hear the word of God. We must hold true to the Lord and His word, and we must also realise that it is the critics, the tormentors, who are actually in the most precarious position.
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