# Isaiah 20 📖: Isaiah Walks Barefoot
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> [!info] Table of Contents
> [[#📜 Scripture Text (NET)]]
> [[#📖 Verse-by-Verse Commentary]]
> [[#🤔 Interesting Facts / Historical and Cultural Insights]]
> [[#🧠 Chapter Summary]]
> [[#✝️ Christ in This Chapter]]
> [[#🔎 Key Principles / 🛟 Life Application]]
> [[#💬 Discussion Questions]]
> [[#✍️ Key Verses to Remember]]
> [[#🔗 Related Passages/Cross Reference]]
> [[#🙏 Devotional Reflection]]
> [[#📂 Internal Notes]]
## 📜 Scripture Text (NET)
(The NET Bible: New English Translation. Biblical Studies Press, 2005)
[[#Verse 01.]] The Lord revealed the following message during the year in which King Sargon of Assyria sent his commanding general to Ashdod, and he fought against it and captured it.
[[#Verse 02.]] At that time the Lord announced through Isaiah son of Amoz: “Go, remove the sackcloth from your waist and take your sandals off your feet.” He did as instructed and walked around in undergarments and barefoot.
[[#Verse 03.]] Later the Lord explained, “In the same way that my servant Isaiah has walked around in undergarments and barefoot for the past three years, as an object lesson and omen pertaining to Egypt and Cush,
[[#Verse 04.]] so the king of Assyria will lead away the captives of Egypt and the exiles of Cush, both young and old. They will be in undergarments and barefoot, with the buttocks exposed; the Egyptians will be publicly humiliated.
[[#Verse 05.]] Those who put their hope in Cush and took pride in Egypt will be afraid and embarrassed.
[[#Verse 06.]] At that time those who live on this coast will say, ‘Look what has happened to our source of hope to whom we fled for help, expecting to be rescued from the king of Assyria! How can we escape now?’”
## 📖 Verse-by-Verse Commentary
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## 🤔 Interesting Facts / Historical and Cultural Insights
1. The Assyrian commander captured Ashdod in 711 BC (20:1).
2. Sargon (20:1) is named only here in the Bible.
3. Some once doubted Sargon existed because he was so rarely mentioned in ancient sources. His palace at Khorsabad was discovered in 1843 and confirmed his reign.
4. Sargon's own records describe the rebellion at Ashdod and his campaign against it.
5. Ashdod was one of the five main Philistine cities.
6. Isaiah's walking stripped was likely down to a loincloth, the way captives were led away.
7. Assyrian palace reliefs show prisoners of war marched away barefoot and with little clothing.
8. This is one of several acted-out prophecies in the Old Testament, similar to those of Jeremiah and Ezekiel.
9. The word translated commander (20:1) is a title for a high Assyrian official.
10. The coastland in 20:6 refers to the Philistine coast and the nearby regions that hoped Egypt would save them.
## 🧠 Chapter Summary
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## ✝️ Christ in This Chapter
Christ is the true Servant who bore shame for us. Isaiah walked stripped and barefoot as a sign (20:3), but Jesus was stripped at the cross to carry our shame and bring us salvation (Matthew 27:28, 35; Hebrews 12:2).
## 🔎 Key Principles / 🛟 Life Application
> [!note] 🌱 Still growing. This section is on its way.
## 💬 Discussion Questions
1. Isaiah obeyed a costly and embarrassing command for three years (20:2-3). What does his obedience teach about following God when it is uncomfortable?
2. Judah was tempted to trust Egypt and Cush for protection (20:5-6). What do people trust in place of God when they feel threatened?
3. The people say, if this happened to them, how will we escape? (20:6). How should seeing others fall drive us to God?
## ✍️ Key Verses to Remember
- 📖 verse 2: The Lord tells Isaiah to remove his sackcloth and sandals.
- 📖 verse 3: Isaiah's actions are a sign against Egypt and Cush.
- 📖 verse 5: Those who trusted Egypt and Cush will be ashamed.
## 🔗 Related Passages/Cross Reference
- 🔗 [[Hebrews 12#Verse 02.|Hebrews 12:2]] - Jesus endured the cross, disregarding its shame.
- 🔗 [[Matthew 27#Verse 27.|Matthew 27:27-31]] - Jesus stripped and mocked by soldiers.
- 🔗 [[Isaiah 31#Verse 01.|Isaiah 31:1-3]] - Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help.
- 🔗 [[Jeremiah 13#Verse 01.|Jeremiah 13:1-11]] - Jeremiah's acted-out sign of the linen belt.
- 🔗 [[Psalm 20#Verse 07.|Psalm 20:7]] - Some trust in chariots, but we trust in the Lord.
## 🙏 Devotional Reflection
📝 SOAP: [[Isaiah 20 - SOAP|Mourning Does End]]
## 📂 Internal Notes