Isaiah 20:2 - Exposition

Loose the sackcloth from off thy loins . Dr. Kay supposes that Isaiah was wearing sackcloth exceptionally, as during a time of mourning. But it is more probable that the Hebrew sak represents the haircloth ("rough garment," Zechariah 13:4 ), which, as ascetics, the Hebrew prophets wore habitually ( 2 Kings 1:8 ; Matthew 3:4 ). Walking naked . Probably not actually "naked," for captives were not stripped bare by the Assyrians, but with nothing on besides his short tunic, as the male captives are commonly represented in the Assyrian sculptures.