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Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 20:2

Isaiah 20:2. Go loose the sackcloth from off thy loins By the sackcloth is meant either the hairy garment usually worn by the prophets, or a mournful habit, such as was commonly made of sackcloth which he wore in token of his grief for the great calamities that were already come upon Israel, and were coming on Judah. And he did so, walking naked and barefoot Not wholly naked, but without his upper garment; as slaves and prisoners used to do, whose condition he was to represent. This... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Isaiah 20:1-6

Further warning against alliances (20:1-6)Previous messages have shown Hezekiah the uselessness of forming alliances with Philistia, Ethiopia or Egypt for the purpose of fighting against Assyria (see 14:28-32; 18:1-6; 19:1-15). To emphasize the point afresh, Isaiah acts a message for everybody to see. He dresses himself as a prisoner of war, to show the people of Judah what will happen to them if they enter foreign alliances instead of trusting God for victory over Assyria. After three years... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 20:2

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. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Isaiah 20:2

"At that time Jehovah spake by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, Go, and loose the sackcloth from off thy loins, and put thy shoe from off thy foot. And he did so, walking naked and barefoot.""Sackcloth was regarded as the appropriate dress for prophets; it was made of the coarse hair of the goat."[5] As for the instruction here to walk naked and barefoot, it is a mistake to think that Isaiah was totally nude. Hailey's quotation from Delitzsch has this: "What Isaiah was directed to do was simply... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 20:2

Isaiah 20:2. Spake the Lord by Isaiah, &c.— Or, To Isaiah, &c. By sackcloth is meant the hairy garment usually worn by prophets. By naked is meant, no more than that the prophet went without his upper garment: It was customary for captives to go about in this manner. See 1 Samuel 19:24. 2 Samuel 6:14-15.Matthew 3:4; Matthew 3:4. This action was agreeable to the mode of instruction made use of in those times; and, as it was intended to excite the attention of the Israelites, was not only... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 20:2

2. by—literally, "by the hand of" (compare Ezekiel 3:14). sackcloth—the loose outer garment of coarse dark hair-cloth worn by mourners (Ezekiel 3:14- :) and by prophets, fastened at the waist by a girdle (Matthew 3:4; 2 Kings 1:8; Zechariah 13:4). naked—rather, "uncovered"; he merely put off the outer sackcloth, retaining still the tunic or inner vest (1 Samuel 19:24; Amos 2:16; John 21:7); an emblem to show that Egypt should be stripped of its possessions; the very dress of Isaiah was a silent... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 20:1-2

The year in view was 711 B.C. Like Isaiah 7:1, Isaiah 20:1 introduces the historical setting for the events that follow. For four years, Egypt had encouraged the city-states of western Palestine to resist Assyrian aggression-with the promise of assistance. In 713 B.C., Ashdod, the northernmost Philistine town that stood about 35 miles west of Jerusalem, had rebelled, and Assyria replaced her king, Ahimiti (Azuri), with another, a man named Yamani (Jaman). Rebellion continued, however, and pleas... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 20:1-6

Egypt’s Captivity symbolisedThis chapter is assigned in the title to the time when Sargon besieged Ashdod (711 b.c.). The Philistine city was at that time the centre of revolt. Sargon interposed and set up a new king, but the people were dissatisfied and substituted another; the siege and capture of Ashdod by the Assyrians followed. It seems that the Palestinian peoples who revolted against Assyria relied upon the support of Egypt. Isaiah, by putting on captive’s garb, and walking the streets... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Isaiah 20:2

(2) Go and loose the sackcloth from off thy loins.—Against these schemes Isaiah was prompted to prophesy in act as well as words. Month by month, for three whole years, he was seen in the streets of Jerusalem as one who was already as a prisoner of war, ready to be led into an ignominious exile. The “sackcloth” was the “rough garment” which, like Elijah (2 Kings 1:8) and John the Baptist, the prophets habitually wore (Zechariah 13:4), and the “nakedness” was confined to the laying aside this... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Isaiah 20:1-6

32CHAPTER XVIIISAIAH TO THE FOREIGN NATIONS736-702 B.C.Isaiah 14:24-32; Isaiah 15:1-9; Isaiah 16:1-14; Isaiah 17:1-14; Isaiah 18:1-7; Isaiah 19:1-25; Isaiah 20:1-6; Isaiah 21:1-17; Isaiah 23:1-18THE centre of the Book of Isaiah (chapters 13 to 23) is occupied by a number of long and short prophecies which are a fertile source of perplexity to the conscientious reader of the Bible. With the exhilaration of one who traverses plain roads and beholds vast prospects, he has passed through the... read more