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  • Scholarly edition
  • OT: Masoretic Hebrew (not verified)
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  • Protestant (66 books)
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  • 1965
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1 In the year when the Tartan came to Ashdod, sent by Sargon, king of Assyria, and made war against it and took it;
1 EN el año que vino Thartán á Asdod, cuando le envió Sargón rey de Asiria, y peleó contra Asdod y la tomó;
1 In the year that Tartan came to Ashdod, when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him, and he fought against Ashdod and took it;
2 At that time the word of the Lord came to Isaiah, the son of Amoz, saying, Go, and take off your robe, and your shoes from your feet; and he did so, walking unclothed and without shoes on his feet.
2 En aquel tiempo habló Jehová por Isaías hijo de Amoz, diciendo: Ve, y quita el saco de tus lomos, y descalza los zapatos de tus pies. E hízolo así, andando desnudo y descalzo.
2 at that time Yahweh spoke by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, “Go, and loosen the sackcloth from off your waist, and take your sandals from off your feet.” He did so, walking naked and barefoot.
3 And the Lord said, As my servant Isaiah has gone unclothed and without shoes for three years as a sign and a wonder to Egypt and Ethiopia,
3 Y dijo Jehová: De la manera que anduvo mi siervo Isaías desnudo y descalzo tres años, señal y pronóstico sobre Egipto y sobre Etiopía;
3 Yahweh said, “As my servant Isaiah has walked naked and barefoot three years for a sign and a wonder concerning Egypt and concerning Ethiopia,
4 So will the king of Assyria take away the prisoners of Egypt and those forced out of Ethiopia, young and old, unclothed and without shoes, and with backs uncovered, to the shame of Egypt.
4 Así llevará el rey de Asiria la cautividad de Egipto y la transmigración de Etiopía, de mozos y de viejos, desnuda y descalza, y descubiertas las nalgas para vergüenza de Egipto.
4 so the king of Assyria will 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 will be full of fear, and will no longer have faith in Ethiopia which was their hope, or in Egypt which was their glory.
5 Y se turbarán y avergonzarán de Etiopía su esperanza, y de Egipto su gloria.
5 They will be dismayed and confounded, because of Ethiopia their expectation, and of Egypt their glory.
6 And those living by the sea will say in that day, See the fate of our hope to whom we went for help and salvation from the king of Assyria: what hope have we then of salvation?
6 Y dirá en aquel día el morador de esta isla: Mirad qué tal fué nuestra esperanza, donde nos acogimos por socorro para ser libres de la presencia del rey de Asiria: ¿y cómo escaparemos?
6 The inhabitants of this coast land will say in that day, ‘Behold, this is our expectation, where we fled for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria. And we, how will we escape?’”

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  • Sargon

    King of Assyria

    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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Cross references (6)

Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.

  1. 1 2 Kings 18:17; 1 Samuel 6:17; Jeremiah 25:20; Jeremiah 25:29–30; Amos 1:8
  2. 2 Micah 1:8; Matthew 3:4; 1 Samuel 19:24; Ezekiel 24:23; Ezekiel 24:17
  3. 3 Isaiah 8:18; Isaiah 18:1–7; Numbers 14:34; Ezekiel 4:5–6; Isaiah 43:3
  4. 4 Isaiah 19:4; Jeremiah 13:26; Jeremiah 13:22; 2 Samuel 10:4; Ezekiel 30:18
  5. 5 Isaiah 30:3; Isaiah 30:5; Jeremiah 9:23–24; 1 Corinthians 3:21; Ezekiel 29:6–7
  6. 6 Hebrews 2:3; Matthew 23:33; 1 Thessalonians 5:3; Jeremiah 30:15–17; Jeremiah 47:4

Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences

What the Fathers said

Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).

How these were chosen

“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).

  1. Quotes verse 20:2 John Chrysostom, Homilies on the Gospel of Matthew (Homily XVIII)

    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.

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)