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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Isaiah 20
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No Help from Cush or Egypt
1In the year that the chief commander,#2Kg 18:17 sent by King Sargon of Assyria, came to Ashdod#1Sm 5:1 and attacked and captured it — 2during that time the Lord had spoken through Isaiah#Mt 3:3; 12:17 son of Amoz, saying, “Go, take off your sackcloth from your waist and remove the sandals from your feet,” and he did that, going stripped and barefoot#1Sm 19:24; Mc 1:8 — 3the Lord said, “As my servant Isaiah has gone stripped and barefoot three years as a sign and omen against Egypt and Cush,#Is 8:18 4so the king of Assyria will lead the captives of Egypt#Is 19:4 and the exiles of Cush, young and old alike, stripped and barefoot, with bared buttocks — to Egypt’s shame. 5Those who made Cush their hope and Egypt their boast will be dismayed and ashamed.#2Kg 18:21; Is 30:3–5; 31:1; Ezk 29:6–7 6And the inhabitants of this coastland will say on that day, ‘Look, this is what has happened to those we relied on and fled to for help to rescue us from the king of Assyria! Now, how will we escape? ’”
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