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Isaiah 20
New International Version

### A Prophecy Against Egypt and Cush

20 In the year that the supreme commander,(A) sent by Sargon king of Assyria, came to Ashdod(B) and attacked and captured it— 2 at that time the Lord spoke through Isaiah son of Amoz.(C) He said to him, “Take off the sackcloth(D) from your body and the sandals(E) from your feet.” And he did so, going around stripped(F) and barefoot.(G)

3 Then the Lord said, “Just as my servant(H) Isaiah has gone stripped and barefoot for three years,(I) as a sign(J) and portent(K) against Egypt(L) and Cush,[a](M) 4 so the king(N) of Assyria will lead away stripped(O) and barefoot the Egyptian captives(P) and Cushite(Q) exiles, young and old, with buttocks bared(R)—to Egypt’s shame.(S) 5 Those who trusted(T) in Cush(U) and boasted in Egypt(V) will be dismayed and put to shame.(W) 6 In that day(X) the people who live on this coast will say, ‘See what has happened(Y) to those we relied on,(Z) those we fled to for help(AA) and deliverance from the king of Assyria! How then can we escape?(AB)’”

#### Footnotes

1. Isaiah 20:3 That is, the upper Nile region; also in verse 5

#### Cross references

1. Isaiah 20:1 : 2Ki 18:17
2. Isaiah 20:1 : S Jos 11:22; S 13:3
3. Isaiah 20:2 : S Isa 13:1
4. Isaiah 20:2 : 2Ki 1:8; S Isa 3:24; Zec 13:4; Mt 3:4
5. Isaiah 20:2 : Eze 24:17, 23
6. Isaiah 20:2 : S 1Sa 19:24
7. Isaiah 20:2 : Eze 4:1-12; Mic 1:8
8. Isaiah 20:3 : Isa 22:20; 41:8-9; 42:1; 43:10; 49:3, 5-7; 50:10; 52:13; 53:11; Jer 7:25; Hag 2:23; Zec 4:14
9. Isaiah 20:3 : S Isa 16:14
10. Isaiah 20:3 : S Ex 3:12; S Isa 8:18; 37:30; 38:7; Ac 21:11
11. Isaiah 20:3 : S Dt 28:46
12. Isaiah 20:3 : S Isa 19:1
13. Isaiah 20:3 : ver 5; S Ge 10:6; Isa 37:9; 43:3
14. Isaiah 20:4 : S Isa 19:4
15. Isaiah 20:4 : S Job 12:17
16. Isaiah 20:4 : Jer 46:19; Na 3:10
17. Isaiah 20:4 : Isa 18:1; Zep 2:12
18. Isaiah 20:4 : S Isa 3:24
19. Isaiah 20:4 : Isa 47:3; Jer 13:22, 26; Na 3:5
20. Isaiah 20:5 : S Isa 8:12
21. Isaiah 20:5 : S ver 3
22. Isaiah 20:5 : S 2Ki 18:21; S Isa 30:5
23. Isaiah 20:5 : Eze 29:16
24. Isaiah 20:6 : Isa 2:11; S 19:23
25. Isaiah 20:6 : S 2Ki 18:21
26. Isaiah 20:6 : Jer 46:25
27. Isaiah 20:6 : S Isa 10:3
28. Isaiah 20:6 : Jer 30:15-17; 31:2; Mt 23:33; 1Th 5:3; Heb 2:3

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