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Text -- Isaiah 20:1-5 (NET)
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20:1 The Lord revealed the following message during the year in which King Sargon of Assyria sent his commanding general to Ashdod , and he fought against it and captured it.
20:2 At that time the Lord announced through Isaiah son of Amoz : “Go , remove the sackcloth from your waist and take your sandals off your feet .” He did as instructed and walked around in undergarments and barefoot .
20:3 Later the Lord explained , “In the same way that my servant Isaiah has walked around in undergarments and barefoot for the past three years , as an object lesson and omen pertaining to Egypt and Cush ,
20:4 so the king of Assyria will lead away the captives of Egypt and the exiles of Cush , both young and old . They will be in undergarments and barefoot , with the buttocks exposed ; the Egyptians will be publicly humiliated .
20:5 Those who put their hope in Cush and took pride in Egypt will be afraid and embarrassed .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Ethiopia |
Captive |
BAREFOOT |
ISAIAH, 8-9 |
No |
Giants |
Assyria |
Isaiah |
Egypt |
Sargon |
FOOT |
Tartan |
Ashdod |
Symbols and Similitudes |
PHILISTINES |
NAKED; NAKEDNESS |
Mourning |
Pantomime |
Minister |
Instruction |
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NET Notes: Isa 20:1 This probably refers to the Assyrian campaign against Philistia in 712 or 711 b.c.
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NET Notes: Isa 20:2 The word used here (עָרוֹם, ’arom) sometimes means “naked,” but here it appears to mean simply &...
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NET Notes: Isa 20:4 Heb “lightly dressed and barefoot, and bare with respect to the buttocks, the nakedness of Egypt.”
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