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Isaiah 20 :: Amplified Bible (AMP)

Prophecy about Egypt and Cush (Ancient Ethiopia)

Isa 20:1

Isa 20:1

In the year that the Tartan [the Assyrian commander in chief] came to Ashdod [in Philistia], when Sargon king of Assyria sent him and he fought against Ashdod and captured it,

Isa 20:2

Isa 20:2at that time the LORD spoke through Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, “Go, untie the [fn]sackcloth from your hips and take your sandals off your feet.” And he did so, walking around [fn]stripped [to his loincloth] and barefoot.

Isa 20:3

Isa 20:3And the LORD said, “Even as My servant Isaiah has walked [fn]stripped and barefoot for three years as a sign and forewarning concerning Egypt and Cush (Ethiopia),

Isa 20:4

Isa 20:4in the same way the king of Assyria will lead away the Egyptian captives and the Cushite exiles, young and old, stripped and barefoot, even with buttocks uncovered—to the [fn]shame of Egypt.

Isa 20:5

Isa 20:5“Then they will be dismayed and ashamed because of Cush their hope and Egypt their boast.

Isa 20:6

Isa 20:6“So the inhabitants of this coastland [the Israelites and their neighbors] will say in that day, ‘Look what has happened to those in whom we hoped and trusted and to whom we fled for help to be spared from the king of Assyria! But we, how will we escape [captivity and exile]?’”
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AMP Footnotes
A coarse cloth usually made of goat hair or camel hair and worn as a sign of mourning, or worn by prophets.
Or naked. The Hebrew can refer to someone completely naked, or only stripped to the underwear (i.e. a loincloth); see note v 4. The ancient rabbis were particularly sensitive to the issue, and some maintained (contrary to the text) that Isaiah was wearing worn-out clothes and patched shoes or sandals.
Stripping off the outer garments was an act symbolizing disgrace and humiliation.
Lit nakedness. As noted for v 2, the Hebrew can refer to complete nakedness or to being stripped to the underwear. A loincloth might leave the buttocks exposed to a greater or lesser extent.
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