Isaiah 20
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The Sign Against Egypt and Ethiopia
1In the year that #2 Kin. 18:17Tartan came to Ashdod, when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him, and he fought against Ashdod and took it, 2at the same time the Lord spoke by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, “Go, and remove #Zech. 13:4; Matt. 3:4the sackcloth from your body, and take your sandals off your feet.” And he did so, #1 Sam. 19:24; Mic. 1:8walking naked and barefoot.
3Then the Lord said, “Just as My servant Isaiah has walked naked and barefoot three years #Is. 8:18for a sign and a wonder against Egypt and Ethiopia, 4so shall the #Is. 19:4king of Assyria lead away the Egyptians as prisoners and the Ethiopians as captives, young and old, naked and barefoot, #2 Sam. 10:4; Is. 3:17; Jer. 13:22; Mic. 1:11with their buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt. 5#2 Kin. 18:21; Is. 30:3–5; 31:1; Ezek. 29:6, 7Then they shall be afraid and ashamed of Ethiopia their expectation and Egypt their glory. 6And the inhabitant of this territory will say in that day, ‘Surely such is our expectation, wherever we flee for #Is. 30:5, 7help to be delivered from the king of Assyria; and how shall we escape?’ ”
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Isaiah 20
20
The Sign of the Naked Prophet
1Under the orders of Sargon, emperor of Assyria, the commander-in-chief of the Assyrian army attacked the Philistine city of Ashdod. 2Three years earlier the LORD had told Isaiah son of Amoz to take off his sandals and the sackcloth he was wearing. He obeyed and went about naked and barefoot. 3When Ashdod was captured, the LORD said, “My servant Isaiah has been going about naked and barefoot for three years. This is a sign of what will happen to Egypt and Ethiopia#20.3 Ethiopia: See Word List.. 4The emperor of Assyria will lead away naked the prisoners he captures from those two countries. Young and old, they will walk barefoot and naked, with their buttocks exposed, bringing shame on Egypt. 5Those who have put their trust in Ethiopia#20.5 Ethiopia: See Word List. and have boasted about Egypt will be disillusioned, their hopes shattered. 6When that time comes, the people who live along the coast of Philistia will say, ‘Look at what has happened to the people we relied on to protect us from the emperor of Assyria! How will we ever survive?’ ”
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