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at the same time the Lord spoke by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, “Go, and remove (A)the sackcloth from your [a]body, and take your sandals off your feet.” And he did so, (B)walking naked and barefoot.

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  1. Isaiah 20:2 Lit. loins

at that time the Lord spoke through (A)Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, “Go and loosen the (B)sackcloth from your hips and take your (C)sandals off your feet.” And he did so, going (D)naked and barefoot.

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at that time the Lord spoke through Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, “Go, untie the [a]sackcloth from your hips and take your sandals off your feet.” And he did so, walking around [b]stripped [to his loincloth] and barefoot.(A)

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  1. Isaiah 20:2 A coarse cloth usually made of goat hair or camel hair and worn as a sign of mourning, or worn by prophets.
  2. Isaiah 20:2 Or naked. The Hebrew can refer to someone completely naked, or only stripped to the underwear (i.e. a loincloth); see note v 4. The ancient rabbis were particularly sensitive to the issue, and some maintained (contrary to the text) that Isaiah was wearing worn-out clothes and patched shoes or sandals.

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)

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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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