Isaiah 20 :: New King James Version (NKJV)

The Sign Against Egypt and Ethiopia

Assyria Will Conquer Egypt and Ethiopia

Isa 20:1In the year that Tartan[fn] came to Ashdod, when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him, and he fought against Ashdod and took it,

Isa 20:2

Isa 20:2at the same time the LORD spoke by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, “Go, and remove the sackcloth from your body, and take your sandals off your feet.” And he did so, walking naked and barefoot.

Isa 20:3

Isa 20:3Then the LORD said, “Just as My servant Isaiah has walked naked and barefoot three years for a sign and a wonder against Egypt and Ethiopia,

Isa 20:4

Isa 20:4“so shall the king of Assyria lead away the Egyptians as prisoners and the Ethiopians as captives, young and old, naked and barefoot, with their buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt.

Isa 20:5

Isa 20:5“Then they shall be afraid and ashamed of Ethiopia their expectation and Egypt their glory.

Isa 20:6

Isa 20:6“And the inhabitant of this territory will say in that day, ‘Surely such is our expectation, wherever we flee for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria; and how shall we escape?’ ”

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Or the Commander in Chief

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