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Isaiah 20:2-4
International Standard Version
Isaiah 20:2-4
International Standard Version
2 at that time the Lord spoke through Amoz’s son Isaiah: “Go loosen the sackcloth that’s around your waist,[a] and take your sandals[b] off your feet.” So that’s what he did: he went around naked and barefoot.
3 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,[c] 4 so the king of Assyria will lead away the Egyptian captives and exiles from Cush,[d] both the young and the old, naked and barefoot—with even their buttocks uncovered—to the shame[e] of Egypt.
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- Isaiah 20:2 Lit. your hips and lower back
- Isaiah 20:2 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT reads sandal
- Isaiah 20:3 I.e. Nubia, south of Egypt (modern northern Sudan)
- Isaiah 20:4 I.e. Nubia, south of Egypt (modern northern Sudan)
- Isaiah 20:4 Or nakedness
Isaiah 20:2-4
New International Version
Isaiah 20:2-4
New International Version
2 at that time the Lord spoke through Isaiah son of Amoz.(A) He said to him, “Take off the sackcloth(B) from your body and the sandals(C) from your feet.” And he did so, going around stripped(D) and barefoot.(E)
3 Then the Lord said, “Just as my servant(F) Isaiah has gone stripped and barefoot for three years,(G) as a sign(H) and portent(I) against Egypt(J) and Cush,[a](K) 4 so the king(L) of Assyria will lead away stripped(M) and barefoot the Egyptian captives(N) and Cushite(O) exiles, young and old, with buttocks bared(P)—to Egypt’s shame.(Q)
Footnotes
- Isaiah 20:3 That is, the upper Nile region; also in verse 5
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