Isaiah 20:6 NLT,NIV,ESV

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 20:6

isle = sea coast, or coast land. See note on Isaiah 11:11 read more

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Isaiah 20:6

"And the inhabitant of this coast-land shall say in that day, Behold, such is our expectation, whither we fled for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria: and we, how shall we escape."Here is the Lord's prophecy through Isaiah of what the people of Judah shall say when they see what is going to happen to Ashdod. To paraphrase: Now, just look at what has happened to the powers we thought might be able to help us; where shall we turn for help? Judah's only hope was the Lord; and thanks to... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 20:5-6

Isaiah 20:5-6. And they shall be afraid, &c.— We have, in these words, the consequence of the divine judgment upon the Egyptians and Cushites; and the scope of the prophesy, namely, to convince the inhabitants of Palestine, and, among these, some factious persons in Jerusalem, of the vanity of the confidence which they placed in the Egyptians and Cushites, as their tutelar deity; for when they should see the completion of this prophesy, they would then condemn their own folly, for placing... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 20:6

6. isle—that is, coast on the Mediterranean—Philistia, perhaps Phoelignicia (compare Isaiah 23:2; Isaiah 11:11; Isaiah 13:22; Psalms 72:10). we—emphatical; if Egypt, in which we trusted, was overcome, how shall we, a small weak state, escape? read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 20:5-6

Isaiah predicted the dismay of the pro-Egyptian faction in Judah when Assyria carried the Egyptians and Cushites off as captives. This happened in 701 B.C. The Judeans had hoped that they would get help from the Egyptians and Cushites against the Assyrians, but now how could they escape? The obvious though unstated answer is, Trust in the Lord, not Egypt! 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 20:6

(6) The inhabitant of this isle . . .—Better, as elsewhere, coast-land. Here it probably refers to the whole coast of Philistia, which had been foremost in the revolt, and Phœnicia, Tyre also having joined in it (Annals of Sargon in Lenormant’s Anc. Hist., i. 396). Cyprus, the conquest of which Sargon records (Records of the Past, vii. 51), may also be included. The whole sea-board population would find out too late that they could not resist Assyria even with the help of Egypt and Ethiopia. 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

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Isaiah 20:1-6

CHAPTER 20 The Near-Punishment of Egypt by Assyria 1. Isaiah walks naked and barefooted (Isaiah 20:1-2 ) 2. The meaning of his action (Isaiah 20:3 ) 3. Egypt punished by Assyria (Isaiah 20:4-6 ) A strong party in Jerusalem looked to Egypt for help from the threatening Assyrian invasion. This prophecy shows the utter hopelessness of expecting help from Egypt. The victory of Assyria over Egypt is predicted. read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Isaiah 20:6

20:6 And the inhabitant of this {g} isle shall say in that day, Behold, such [is] our expectation, where we fled for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria: and how shall we escape?(g) Meaning Judea which was encompassed by their enemies as an isle with waters. read more