Isaiah 20

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 20:5

And they shall be afraid - The Jews, or the party or faction among the Jews, that were expecting aid from allied Ethiopia and Egypt. When they shall see them vanquished, they shall apprehend a similar danger to themselves; and they shall be ashamed that they ever confided in a people so little able to aid them, instead of trusting in the arm of God.Egypt their glory - Their boast, as if Egypt was able to save them. The word rendered here ‘glory’ (תפארת tiph'ereth) means properly, “ornament,... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 20:6

And the inhabitant - The dwellers generally.Of this isle - The word אי 'iy “isle” is used here in the sense of “coast, or maritime” country, and is evidently applied to Palestine, or the land of Canaan, which is a narrow coast lying on the Mediterranean. That the word is often used in this sense, and may be applied to a maritime country, see the notes at Isaiah 13:22; Isaiah 41:1. The connection here requires us to understand it of Palestine.Shall say ... - Shall condemn their own folly in... read more

Joseph Benson

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

A.M. 3294. B.C. 710. We have in this chapter an addition to the discourse contained in the preceding, namely, a prediction of the carrying away of multitudes, both of the Egyptians and Ethiopians, into captivity by the king of Assyria. Here is, (1,) The sign by which this was foretold, which was the prophet’s going, for some time, barefoot, and almost naked, like a poor captive, Isaiah 20:1 , Isa 20:2 (2,) The explication of this sign, with the application of it to Egypt and... 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

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 20:3-6

Isaiah 20:3-6. And the Lord Who here explains and applies the sign, said, Like as my servant hath walked naked, &c., three years Not constantly, but when he went abroad among the people, to whom this was appointed to be a sign. Bishop Lowth says, probably three days, to show, that within three years the Egyptians and Ethiopians should be conquered and made captives by the king of Assyria, and be in the same condition, and that the town should be taken. But it is objected, that... 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

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 20:5

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 20:6

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

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

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 20:3-6

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

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 20:3

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