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Isaiah 20 Literal Standard Version

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1 In the year of the coming in of Tartan to Ashdod, when Sargon king of Asshur sends him, and he fights against Ashdod and captures it,
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 YHWH spoke by the hand of Isaiah son of Amoz, saying, “Go, and you have loosed the sackcloth from off your loins, and you draw your sandal from off your foot,” and he does so, going naked and barefoot.
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 YHWH says, “As My servant Isaiah has gone naked and barefoot three years, a sign and a wonder for Egypt and for Cush,
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 the king of Asshur leads the captivity of Egypt, and the expulsion of Cush, young and old, naked and barefoot, with seat uncovered—the nakedness of Egypt;
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 have been frightened and ashamed of Cush their confidence, and of Egypt their beauty,
5 They will be dismayed and confounded, because of Ethiopia their expectation, and of Egypt their glory.
6 and the inhabitant of this island has said in that day—Behold, thus [is] our trust, || To where we have fled for help, || To be delivered from the king of Asshur, || And how do we escape—we?”
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

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“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)