Isaiah 20:2

Isaiah 20:2

The Sign Against Egypt and Ethiopia

1 In the year that ^aTartan came to Ashdod, when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him, and he fought against Ashdod and took it,

2 at the same time the Lord spoke by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, “Go, and remove ^athe sackcloth from your body, and take your sandals off your feet.” And he did so, ^bwalking naked and barefoot.

3 Then the Lord said, “Just as My servant Isaiah has walked naked and barefoot three years ^afor a sign and a wonder against Egypt and Ethiopia,

4 so shall the ^aking of Assyria lead away the Egyptians as prisoners and the Ethiopians as captives, young and old, naked and barefoot, ^bwith their buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt.

5 ^aThen they shall be afraid and ashamed of Ethiopia their expectation and Egypt their glory.

Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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by—literally, "by the hand of" (compare Ezekiel 3:14).

sackcloth—the loose outer garment of coarse dark hair-cloth worn by mourners (II Samuel 3:31) and by prophets, fastened at the waist by a girdle (Matthew 3:4; II Kings 1:8; Zechariah 13:4).

naked—rather, "uncovered"; he merely put off the outer sackcloth, retaining still the tunic or inner vest (I Samuel 19:24; Amos 2:16; John 21:7); an emblem to show that Egypt should be stripped of its possessions; the very dress of Isaiah was a silent exhortation to repentance.

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