Isaiah 20
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New American Standard Bible 1995

Isaiah 20:2-6

2at that time the Lord spoke through 1Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, “Go and loosen the 2sackcloth from your hips and take your 3shoes off your feet.” And he did so, going 4naked and barefoot.

3And the Lord said, “Even as My servant Isaiah has gone naked and barefoot three years as a 56sign and token against Egypt and 78Cush,

4so the 9king of Assyria will lead away the captives of Egypt and the exiles of Cush, 10young and old, naked and barefoot with buttocks uncovered, to the 11shame of Egypt.

5Then they will be 12dismayed and ashamed because of Cush their hope and Egypt their 13boast.

6So the inhabitants of this coastland will say in that day, ‘Behold, such is our hope, where we fled 14for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria; and we, 15how shall we escape?’”

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Notes

  1. 1. Isaiah 20:2 Is 1:1; 13:1 ↩
  2. 2. Isaiah 20:2 Zech 13:4; Matt 3:4 ↩
  3. 3. Isaiah 20:2 Ezek 24:17, 23 ↩
  4. 4. Isaiah 20:2 1 Sam 19:24; Mic 1:8 ↩
  5. 5. Isaiah 20:3 Or wonder ↩
  6. 6. Isaiah 20:3 Is 8:18 ↩
  7. 7. Isaiah 20:3 Or Ethiopia, so in vv 4, 5 ↩
  8. 8. Isaiah 20:3 Is 37:9; 43:3 ↩
  9. 9. Isaiah 20:4 Is 19:4 ↩
  10. 10. Isaiah 20:4 Is 47:2, 3 ↩
  11. 11. Isaiah 20:4 Lit nakedness ↩
  12. 12. Isaiah 20:5 2 Kin 18:21; Is 30:3-5; 31:1; Ezek 29:6, 7 ↩
  13. 13. Isaiah 20:5 Jer 9:23, 24; 17:5; 1 Cor 3:21 ↩
  14. 14. Isaiah 20:6 Is 10:3; 30:7; 31:3; Jer 30:1, 7, 15-17; 31:1-3 ↩
  15. 15. Isaiah 20:6 Matt 23:33; 1 Thess 5:3; Heb 2:3 ↩

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