Isaiah 20:3

Yahweh said, “Just as my servant Isaiah has walked naked and barefoot for three years, it is a sign and an omen concerning Egypt and concerning Cush—

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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;

In Context

2At that time Yahweh spoke by Isaiah son of Amoz and said, “Go and remove the sackcloth from your waist, and take your sandals off your feet.” He did so, walking naked and barefoot.

4in this way the king of Assyria will lead away the captives of Egypt, and the exiles of Cush, young and old, naked and barefoot, and with buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt.

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Cross References

Isaiah 8:18See, I and the sons whom Yahweh has given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel 1 from Yahweh of hosts, who lives on Mount Zion.

Isaiah 19:4I will give the Egyptians into the hand of a harsh master, and a strong king will rule over them— 1 this is the declaration of the Lord Yahweh of hosts.” 1

Isaiah 43:3For I am Yahweh your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior. 1 I have given Egypt as your ransom, Cush and Seba in exchange for you. 1

Ezekiel 4:1“But you, son of man, take a brick for yourself and place it before you. Then carve the city of Jerusalem on it.

Ezekiel 30:4Then a sword will come against Egypt, and there will be anguish in Cush when the killed people fall in Egypt— 1 when they take her wealth, and when her foundations are ruined.

Revelation 11:2But do not measure the courtyard outside the temple, for it has been given over to the Gentiles. They will trample the holy city for forty-two months.

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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