Isaiah 20 :: Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

A Prophecy About Egypt and Ethiopia

In the year^H8141 that the [fn]commander^H8661 came^H935 to Ashdod^H795, when Sargon^H5623 the king^H4428 of Assyria^H804 sent^H7971 him and he fought^H3898 against Ashdod^H795 and captured^H3920 it,

Isa 20:2

Isa 20:2at that time Yahweh spoke by the hand of Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, “Go and loosen the sackcloth from your hips and take your shoes off your feet.” And he did so, going naked and barefoot.

Isa 20:3

Isa 20:3And Yahweh said, “Even as My servant Isaiah has gone naked and barefoot three years as a sign and wonder against Egypt and [fn]Ethiopia,

Isa 20:4

Isa 20:4so the king of Assyria will lead away the captives of Egypt and the exiles of Ethiopia, young and old, naked and barefoot with buttocks uncovered, to the [fn]shame of Egypt.

Isa 20:5

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

Isa 20:6

Isa 20:6“So the inhabitants of this coastland will say in that day, ‘Behold, such is our hope, where we fled for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria; and we, how shall we escape?’”

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(20:1)

Heb Tartan

(20:3)

Or Cush, so in vv 4, 5, cf. Gen 10:6

(20:4)

Lit nakedness

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A Prophecy About Egypt and Ethiopia

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