Isaiah Chapter 20
(Original 1611 KJV Bible)

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CHAP. XX.

A type prefiguring the shamefull captiuitie of Egypt and Ethiopia.

¹ In the yeere that Tartan came vnto Ashdod (when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him) and fought against Ashdod and tooke it:

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

³ And the Lord said, Like as my seruant Isaiah hath walked naked and bare foote three yeeres for a signe and wonder vpon Egypt and vpon Ethiopia:

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

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.

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