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A Sign Against Egypt and Cush

20 In the year that (A)the commander-in-chief, who was sent by Sargon the king of Assyria, came to (B)Ashdod and fought against it and captured it— at that time the Lord spoke by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, “Go, and loose the sackcloth from your waist and take off your sandals from your feet”, and he did so, walking (C)naked and barefoot.

Then the Lord said, “As my servant Isaiah has walked naked and barefoot for three years (D)as a sign and a portent against Egypt and Cush,[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 20:3 Probably Nubia