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Then the Lord said, “Just as my servant Isaiah has walked around naked and barefoot for three years as a sign and a warning for Egypt and Ethiopia,[a] so the king of Assyria will lead away the Egyptian captives and exiles from Cush,[b] both the young and the old, naked and barefoot—with even their buttocks uncovered—to the shame[c] of Egypt. Then they will be dismayed and put to shame because of Cush,[d] their hope, and Egypt, their jewel.[e]

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  1. Isaiah 20:3 I.e. Nubia, south of Egypt (modern northern Sudan)
  2. Isaiah 20:4 I.e. Nubia, south of Egypt (modern northern Sudan)
  3. Isaiah 20:4 Or nakedness
  4. Isaiah 20:5 I.e. Nubia, south of Egypt (modern northern Sudan)
  5. Isaiah 20:5 Or pride