Isaiah 20:1-2

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Prophecy about Egypt and Cush (Ancient Ethiopia)

20 In the year that the Tartan [the Assyrian commander in chief] came to Ashdod [in Philistia], when Sargon king of Assyria sent him and he fought against Ashdod and captured it, ²at 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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Footnotes

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.
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.