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Isaiah 20:1 open_in_new
Sargon — Sennacherib, who, before he came to Jerusalem, came up against and took all the walled cities of Judah, of which Ashdod might be reckoned one, as being in the tribe of Judah.
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Isaiah 20:2 open_in_new
Sackcloth — Which he wore in token of his grief for the calamities that were already come upon Israel, and were coming upon Judah. Naked — Not wholly naked, but without his upper garment, as slaves and prisoners used to do, whose posture he was to represent. Bare — foot — After the manner of mourners and captives.
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Isaiah 20:3 open_in_new
Three years — Not constantly, but when he went abroad among the people, to whom this was appointed for a sign. A sign — When this judgment should come, namely, three years after this prophecy.
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Isaiah 20:4 open_in_new
Uncovered — Having their garments cut off by the middle.
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Isaiah 20:5 open_in_new
They — All that shall trust to them. But under this general expression the Israelites, seem to be principally intended.
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Isaiah 20:6 open_in_new
Of the country — Of this land, in which the prophet was, and to whose inhabitants, these words were uttered. Such — So vain is our hope placed upon such a people as are unable to deliver themselves.