1 In the year that Tartan came unto Ashdod, when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him, and he fought against Ashdod and took it; 2 at that time Jehovah spake by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, Go, and loose the sackcloth from off thy loins, and put thy shoe from off thy foot. And he did so, walking naked and barefoot. 3 And Jehovah said, Like as my servant Isaiah hath walked naked and barefoot three years for a sign and a wonder concerning Egypt and concerning Ethiopia; 4 so shall the king of Assyria lead away the captives of Egypt, and the exiles of Ethiopia, young and old, naked and barefoot, and with buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt. 5 And they shall be dismayed and confounded, because of Ethiopia their expectation, and of Egypt their glory. 6 And the inhabitant of this coast-land shall say in that day, Behold, such is our expectation, whither we fled for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria: and we, how shall we escape?
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Isaiah 20 American Standard Version (1901)
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The king of Assyria who sent his chief commander to attack and capture Ashdod.
Cited in the guide: Isaiah 20:1
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- 1 2 Kings 18:17; 1 Samuel 6:17; Jeremiah 25:20; Jeremiah 25:29–30; Amos 1:8
- 2 Micah 1:8; Matthew 3:4; 1 Samuel 19:24; Ezekiel 24:23; Ezekiel 24:17
- 3 Isaiah 8:18; Isaiah 18:1–7; Numbers 14:34; Ezekiel 4:5–6; Isaiah 43:3
- 4 Isaiah 19:4; Jeremiah 13:26; Jeremiah 13:22; 2 Samuel 10:4; Ezekiel 30:18
- 5 Isaiah 30:3; Isaiah 30:5; Jeremiah 9:23–24; 1 Corinthians 3:21; Ezekiel 29:6–7
- 6 Hebrews 2:3; Matthew 23:33; 1 Thessalonians 5:3; Jeremiah 30:15–17; Jeremiah 47:4
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Since Adam too was "naked" in paradise, "and was not ashamed;" and Isaiah was "naked, and barefoot," and more glorious than all the Jews; and Joseph also, when he stripped himself, did then more than ever shine forth.
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