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Isaiah 20:4

so shall the king of Assyria lead the Egyptian prisoners and the Ethiopian exiles, both young and old, naked and barefoot. Their buttocks will be bare, to Egypt's shame.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

3Then the Lord said, “In the same way that my servant Isaiah has gone naked and barefoot for three years as a sign and a warning against Egypt and Ethiopia,

5They will be discouraged and humiliated because they had put their hope in Ethiopia and proudly trusted in Egypt.

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Cross References

1 Chronicles 19:4So Hanun detained David's ambassadors and had them shaved, and their robes cut off at the buttocks. Then he sent them back.

Isaiah 19:4I will hand the Egyptians over to a harsh dictator. A cruel king will rule over them, declares the Lord.

Isaiah 31:3The Egyptians are only human beings—they're not God! Their horses are only physical, not spiritual. When the Lord lifts up his hand to attack, those who came to help will stumble, and those who are helped will fall. They will all die together.

Jeremiah 13:22If you say to yourself, Why has this happened to me? it's because you have been so wicked. That's why your skirts were stripped off and you were raped.

Jeremiah 46:19Pack your bags ready for exile, daughter living in Egypt! Memphis is going to be destroyed, an empty place where no one lives.

Ezekiel 30:18It will be a dark day in Tahpanhes when I break Egypt's power and bring to an end their proud strength. It will be under a cloud as the people go into captivity.

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 20:2-6

Threatenings against Egypt. ( b. c. 713.) 1 In the year that Tartan came unto Ashdod, (when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him,) and fought against Ashdod, and took it; 2 At the same time spake the Lord by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, Go and loose the sackcloth from off thy loins, and put off thy shoe from thy foot. And he did so, walking naked and barefoot. 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; 4 So shall… Read the whole commentary →

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