Isaiah 20
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A Prophecy Against Egypt and Ethiopia
1#2Ki 18:17In the year that the Tartan#Possibly Commander-in-Chief. came to Ashdod, when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him, and he fought against Ashdod and took it, 2#1Sa 19:24; Mic 1:8at the same time the Lord spoke by Isaiah the son of Amoz saying, “Go and loosen the sackcloth from your waist and take off your shoes from your feet.” And he did so, walking naked and barefoot.
3#Isa 8:18The Lord said, “Even as My servant Isaiah has walked naked and barefoot three years for a sign and wonder against Egypt and Ethiopia, 4#Isa 19:4; Jer 13:22so the king of Assyria shall lead away the Egyptians as prisoners and the Ethiopians as captives, young and old, naked and barefoot, even with their buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt. 5#Isa 30:3; 30:5Then they shall be dismayed and ashamed of Ethiopia their hope and Egypt their boast. 6#Mt 23:33; 1Th 5:3So the inhabitants of this coastland shall say in that day, ‘Certainly such is our hope, where we flee for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria! And how shall we escape?’ ”
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Isaiah 20
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Isaiah Acts Out the Defeat of Egypt and Ethiopia
1King Sargon of Assyria gave orders for his army commander to capture the city of Ashdod.#20.1 Ashdod: King Sargon II of Assyria captured this Philistine city in 711 b.c. 2About this same time the Lord had told me, “Isaiah, take off everything, including your sandals!” I did this and went around naked and barefoot 3for three years.
Then the Lord said:
What Isaiah has done is a warning to Egypt and Ethiopia.#20.3 Ethiopia: See the note at 11.11. 4Everyone in these two countries will be led away naked and barefoot by the king of Assyria. Young or old, they will be taken prisoner, and Egypt will be disgraced. 5They will be confused and frustrated, because they depended on Ethiopia and bragged about Egypt. 6When this happens, the people who live along the coast#20.6 people … coast: Probably the Philistines. will say, “Look what happened to them! We ran to them for safety, hoping they would protect us from the king of Assyria. But now, there is no escape for us.”
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