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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 20:2-3

Divine revelation in actions as well as words. The language is somewhat uncertain, but it seems better to understand that, for three years, Isaiah was seen going to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, having the dress and appearance of one who was already a prisoner of war, ready to be led into an ignominious exile. Isaiah wore no upper or outer garment, and no sandals, so that, when his dress was compared with that of others, he might be said to go naked; but "naked" in Scripture... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 20:1

In the year that Tartan came unto Ashdod - Tartan was one of the generals of Sennacherib. Ashdod, called by the Greeks Azotus, was a seaport on the Mediterranean, between Askelon and Ekron, and not far from Gaza (Reland’s “Palestine,” iii.) It was one of the five cities of the Philistines, assigned to the tribe of Judah, but never conquered by them Joshua 13:8; Joshua 15:46-47. The temple of Dagon stood here; and here the ark of God was brought after the fatal battle of Eben-ezer (1 Samuel 5:1,... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 20:2

By Isaiah - Margin, ‘By the hand of Isaiah.’ So the Hebrew. That is, by the instrumentality of Isaiah. He sent him to make known the fate of the Egyptians, and the folly of trusting in them on this occasion.Go, and loose the sackcloth - For the meaning of the word “sackcloth,” see the note at Isaiah 3:24. It was commonly worn as an emblem of mourning. But there is reason to believe that it was worn also by the prophets, and was regarded, in some degree, as their appropriate dress. It was made... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 20:1

Isaiah 20:1. In the year that Tartan came to Ashdod Namely, to besiege it. Tartan is mentioned ( 2Ki 18:17 ) as one of the generals of Sennacherib, who is generally supposed to be here meant by Sargon, which was probably one of the seven names by which Jerome, on this place, says he was called. Ashdod, or Azotus, was an eminent and strong city, formerly belonging to the Philistines, in the utmost part of the land of Canaan toward Egypt. Afterward, according to Herodotus, it held out... read more

Joseph Benson

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 20:1

Tartan. A title = commander in-chief. Sargon. Never once named by classic writers, and in Scripture only here. 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 20:1

THE BURDEN OF EGYPTAlthough this chapter has the same subject as the previous one, it came at a later date and was attended by different circumstances. There are several things of particular interest in these brief verses: (1) there is the three-year witness of Isaiah's going naked and barefoot; (2) there is the only reference to Sargon in the Old Testament; and (3) the absolute promise of God to Judah of their deliverance from this particular threat of the Assyrians.Our title here mentions... 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

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 20:2-3

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 20:1

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 20:2

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 20:1

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

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Isaiah 20:1-6

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 20:1

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

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Isaiah 20:1

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Isaiah 20:2

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