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CHAP. XX.
A type prefiguring the shamefull captiuitie of Egypt and Ethiopia.
2 At the same time spake the Lord by Isaiah the sonne of Amoz, saying, Go and loose the sackcloth from off thy loynes, and put off thy shooe from thy foot: and he did so, walking naked and bare foot.2
4 So shall the king of Assyria lead away the Egyptians prisoners, and the Ethiopians captiues, yong and old, naked and bare foote, euen with their buttocks vncouered, to the shame of Egypt.4
5 And they shall be afraid and ashamed of Ethiopia their expectation, and of Egypt their glory.
6 And the inhabitant of this yle shall say in that day; Behold, such is our expectation whither we flee for helpe to be deliuered from the king of Assyria: and how shall we escape?6
View Wesley's Notes for Isaiah Chapter 20
20:1 Sargon - Sennacherib, who, before he came to Jerusalem, came up against and took all the walled cities of Judah, of which Ashdod might be reckoned one, as being in the tribe of Judah.
20:2 Sackcloth - Which he wore in token of his grief for the calamities that were already come upon Israel, and were coming upon Judah. Naked - Not wholly naked, but without his upper garment, as slaves and prisoners used to do, whose posture he was to represent. Bare - foot - After the manner of mourners and captives.
20:3 Three years - Not constantly, but when he went abroad among the people, to whom this was appointed for a sign. A sign - When this judgment should come, namely, three years after this prophecy.
20:4 Uncovered - Having their garments cut off by the middle.
20:5 They - All that shall trust to them. But under this general expression the Israelites, seem to be principally intended.
20:6 Of the country - Of this land, in which the prophet was, and to whose inhabitants, these words were uttered. Such - So vain is our hope placed upon such a people as are unable to deliver themselves.
Isaiah Chapter 20 Sidenote References (from Original 1611 KJV Bible):
2 Heb. by the hand of Isaiah.
4 Heb. the captiuitie of Egypt. , Heb. nakednesse.
6 Or, countrey.
* Courtesy of Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Pennsylvania
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