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Isaiah 20 :: Revised Standard Version (RSV)

Isa 20:1

Isa 20:1In the year that the commander in chief, who was sent by Sargon the king of Assyria, came to Ashdod and fought against it and took it,--

Isa 20:2

Isa 20:2at that time the LORD had spoken by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, "Go, and loose the sackcloth from your loins and take off your shoes from your feet," and he had done so, walking naked and barefoot--

Isa 20:3

Isa 20:3the LORD said, "As my servant Isaiah has walked naked and barefoot for three years as a sign and a portent against Egypt and Ethiopia,

Isa 20:4

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

Isa 20:5

Isa 20:5Then they shall be dismayed and confounded because of Ethiopia their hope and of Egypt their boast.

Isa 20:6

Isa 20:6And the inhabitants of this coastland will say in that day, 'Behold, this is what has happened to those in whom we hoped and to whom we fled for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria! And we, how shall we escape?'"
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