Isaiah 20
Assyria to Conquer
Egypt and Ethiopia |
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In the year that Tartan came unto Ashdod,
(when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him,) and fought against
Ashdod, and took it;
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at the same time spake the LORD by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, Go and loose
the sackcloth from off thy loins, and put off thy shoe from thy
foot. And he did so, walking naked and barefoot.
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And the LORD said,
Like as my servant Isaiah hath walked naked and barefoot three years for a sign and wonder upon Egypt and upon Ethiopia;
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so shall the king of Assyria lead away
the Egyptians prisoners, and the Ethiopians captives, young and old,
naked and barefoot, even with their buttocks uncovered, to
the shame of Egypt.
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And they shall be afraid and ashamed of
Ethiopia their expectation, and of Egypt their glory.
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And the inhabitant of this isle shall say
in that day, Behold, such is our expectation, whither we flee
for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria: and how shall we
escape?
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