Isaiah 20:3

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Isaiah 20:3

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

Then the LORD said, “Just as My servant Isaiah has gone naked and barefoot for three years as a sign and omen against Egypt and Cush,

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KJV

King James Version

And the LORD said, Like as my servant Isaiah hath walked naked and barefoot three years [for] a sign and wonder upon Egypt and upon Ethiopia;

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WEB

World English Bible

The LORD said, “As my servant Isaiah has walked naked and barefoot three years for a sign and a wonder concerning Egypt and concerning Ethiopia,

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ASV

American Standard Version

And Jehovah said, Like as my servant Isaiah hath walked naked and barefoot three years for a sign and a wonder concerning Egypt and concerning Ethiopia;

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Berean Literal Bible

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Isaiah 20

¹ Before the year that the chief commander, sent by Sargon king of Assyria, came to Ashdod and attacked and captured it,

² the LORD had already spoken through Isaiah son of Amoz, saying, “Go, remove the sackcloth from your waist and the sandals from your feet.” And Isaiah did so, walking around naked and barefoot.

³ Then the LORD said, “Just as My servant Isaiah has gone naked and barefoot for three years as a sign and omen against Egypt and Cush,

⁴ so the king of Assyria will lead away the captives of Egypt and the exiles of Cush, young and old alike, naked and barefoot, with bared buttocks—to Egypt’s shame.

⁵ Those who made Cush their hope and Egypt their boast will be dismayed and ashamed.

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