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And Yahweh said, “Even as My servant Isaiah has gone naked and barefoot three years as a (A)sign and wonder against Egypt and [a](B)Ethiopia, so the (C)king of Assyria will lead away the captives of Egypt and the exiles of Ethiopia, (D)young and old, naked and barefoot with buttocks uncovered, to the [b]shame of Egypt. Then they will be (E)dismayed and ashamed because of Ethiopia their hope and Egypt their (F)boast.

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  1. Isaiah 20:3 Or Cush, so in vv 4, 5, cf. Gen 10:6
  2. Isaiah 20:4 Lit nakedness

Then the Lord said, “Just as my servant(A) Isaiah has gone stripped and barefoot for three years,(B) as a sign(C) and portent(D) against Egypt(E) and Cush,[a](F) so the king(G) of Assyria will lead away stripped(H) and barefoot the Egyptian captives(I) and Cushite(J) exiles, young and old, with buttocks bared(K)—to Egypt’s shame.(L) Those who trusted(M) in Cush(N) and boasted in Egypt(O) will be dismayed and put to shame.(P)

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  1. Isaiah 20:3 That is, the upper Nile region; also in verse 5