Isaiah 20

Berean Standard Bible

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In the year the commander sent by Sargon, king of Assyria, attacked and captured Ashdod, the Lord instructed Isaiah, son of Amoz, to remove the sackcloth from his waist and his sandals from his feet. Isaiah obeyed, walking around naked and barefoot for three years. The Lord explained that this action served as a visual sign and omen concerning Egypt and Cush. According to this divine message, the king of Assyria would subsequently lead away the captives of Egypt and the exiles of Cush—both young and old—naked and barefoot with bared buttocks, bringing shame to Egypt. Consequently, those who had relied upon and boasted in Cush and Egypt would be dismayed. Finally, the inhabitants of the coastland would lament their ruined source of hope, questioning how they could escape the king of Assyria.

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¹Before the year that the chief commander, sent by Sargon king of Assyria, came to Ashdod and attacked and captured it, ²the LORD had already spoken through Isaiah son of Amoz, saying, “Go, remove the sackcloth from your waist and the sandals from your feet.” And Isaiah did so, walking around naked and barefoot. ³Then the LORD said, “Just as My servant Isaiah has gone naked and barefoot for three years as a sign and omen against Egypt and Cush, ⁴so the king of Assyria will lead away the captives of Egypt and the exiles of Cush, young and old alike, naked and barefoot, with bared buttocks—to Egypt’s shame. ⁵Those who made Cush their hope and Egypt their boast will be dismayed and ashamed. ⁶And on that day the dwellers of this coastland will say, ‘See what has happened to our source of hope, those to whom we fled for help and deliverance from the king of Assyria! How then can we escape?’”

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