Isaiah 20:2-4
Legacy Standard Bible
2 at that time Yahweh spoke by the hand of (A)Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, “Go and loosen the (B)sackcloth from your hips and take your (C)shoes off your feet.” And he did so, going (D)naked and barefoot. 3 And Yahweh said, “Even as My servant Isaiah has gone naked and barefoot three years as a (E)sign and wonder against Egypt and [a](F)Ethiopia, 4 so the (G)king of Assyria will lead away the captives of Egypt and the exiles of Ethiopia, (H)young and old, naked and barefoot with buttocks uncovered, to the [b]shame of Egypt.
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- Isaiah 20:3 Or Cush, so in vv 4, 5, cf. Gen 10:6
- Isaiah 20:4 Lit nakedness
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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