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Isaiah 20 Summary
Isaiah's Sign of Captivity for Egypt and Ethiopia
In the year Tartan came unto Ashdod and took it, the LORD commanded Isaiah to loose the sackcloth from his loins and put off his shoe, and he walked naked and barefoot. The LORD declared that as His servant Isaiah walked naked and barefoot three years for a sign and wonder upon Egypt and Ethiopia, so shall the king of Assyria lead away the Egyptians prisoners and Ethiopians captives, young and old, naked and barefoot, to the shame of Egypt. The inhabitants of the coastlands shall see this and say: Behold, such is our expectation to whom we fled for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria—and how shall we escape?
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Key verses
Isaiah 20:1
“In the year that Tartan came unto Ashdod, (when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him,) and fought against Ashdod, and took it;”
Isaiah 20:3
“And the LORD said, Like as my servant Isaiah hath walked naked and barefoot three years for a sign and wonder upon Egypt and upon Ethiopia;”
Isaiah 20:4
“So shall the king of Assyria lead away the Egyptians prisoners, and the Ethiopians captives, young and old, naked and barefoot, even with their buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt.”
Isaiah 20:6
“And the inhabitant of this isle shall say in that day, Behold, such is our expectation, whither we flee for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria: and how shall we escape?”
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