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Isaiah 20:1 open_in_new
Tartan.. title. commander in-chief.
Sargon. Never once named by classic writers, and in Scripture only here.
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Isaiah 20:2 open_in_new
the same. that.
by. by the hand of.
Isaiah. See note on Isaiah 13:1.
naked. Put by Figure of speech Synecdoche (of the Whole), for being scantily clad.
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Isaiah 20:3 open_in_new
sign and wonder. Reference to Pentateuch, (see note on Isaiah 7:11 with Isaiah 8:18), and App-92.
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Isaiah 20:5 open_in_new
expectation. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Adjunct), for the help expected from Egypt.
Egypt their glory. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Adjunct), for the Egyptians, in whom they gloried.
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Isaiah 20:6 open_in_new
isle. sea coast, or coast land. See note on Isaiah 11:11