Isaiah 20:5, Isaiah 20:6 KJV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 20:1-6

God here, as King of nations, brings a sore calamity upon Egypt and Ethiopia, but, as King of saints, brings good to his people out of it. Observe, I. The date of this prophecy. It was in the year that Ashdod, a strong city of the Philistines (but which some think was lately recovered from them by Hezekiah, when he smote the Philistines even unto Gaza, 2 Kgs. 18:8), was besieged and taken by an army of the Assyrians. It is uncertain what year of Hezekiah that was, but the event was so... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 20:5

And they shall be afraid and ashamed ,.... That is, those that trusted and depended upon the Egyptians and Ethiopians, particularly the Jews after mentioned, shall be "afraid" that it will be their turn next, that they also shall be taken and carried captive; and they shall be "ashamed" that they have put their trust and confidence in those nations, and not in the Lord: of Ethiopia their expectation ; from whom they expected assistance and protection, particularly when Tirhakah king of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 20:1-6

A PROPHECY AGAINST EGYPT AND ETHIOPIA . The Assyrian inscriptions enable us to date this prophecy with a near approach to exactness. Ashdod was besieged by an Assyrian army twice in the reign of Sargon—in his ninth year and in his eleventh year. On the former occasion it is probable that the arms of a general (Tartan) were employed; on the latter it is nearly certain that Sargon made the expedition in person. The capture of Ashdod, here mentioned, is consequently the first... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 20:1-6

The prophet as a sign. I. THE HISTORICAL CIRCUMSTANCES . The illusion of Egyptian unity had passed away again. The country was broken up under the rule of a number of petty kings, of whom Shabak, or So, or Seve ( 2 Kings 17:4 ), was one. Negotiations seem to have been begun between Judah and Egypt, probably as a resource against the Assyrian. Ashdod was laid siege to by the Assyrians about B.C. 713-711, and the inhabitants carried off captives. And Judah's name appears in the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 20:5

They shall be afraid and ashamed . Those who have resorted to Egypt and Ethiopia for aid shall be "ashamed" of their folly in doing so, and "afraid" of its consequences (see the last clause of Isaiah 20:6 ). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 20:5

The bitter experience of all who trust in man. The sin of Judah, in its latter days, was its reliance on Egypt for help rather than on God. In alarm at the advance of Assyria, the natural alliance was with Egypt; but alliance with any world-power was unworthy of a nation whose history had been so full of Divine deliverings and defendings as that of the Jews. And Egypt could not help. It was a broken reed. A type of all merely human helpers; for "cursed is the man that trusteth in man, and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 20:5-6

The insufficiency of the stronger. Assyria attacked Ashdod with designs on Judaea. Judaea rested on Egypt and Ethiopia; but these "powers" would be utterly defeated by Assyria, and their citizens led away into captivity with every circumstance of humiliation and shame. In that hour of fear and humiliation ( Isaiah 20:5 ) the inhabitants of Judaea would be constrained to argue from the insufficiency of Egypt and Ethiopia to their own helplessness. If such strong nations as these are... read more

Albert Barnes

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

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

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 20:1-6

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 20:5

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 20:1-6

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 20:1-6

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 20:5

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 20:5

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 20:5-6

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

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

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Isaiah 20:1-6

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