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In the year that the
1Tartan came to Ashdod, when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him, and he fought against Ashdod and took it,
Isa. 20
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At that time Jehovah spoke through Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, Go and loosen the sackcloth from your loins and take your sandals off your feet. And he did so, going about stripped and barefooted.
Isa. 20
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And Jehovah said, Just as My
aservant Isaiah has gone about stripped and barefoot for three years as a
bsign and a wonder against Egypt and Cush,
Isa. 20
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So shall the king of Assyria lead away the captives of Egypt and the exiles of Cush, young men and old men, stripped and barefoot, with their buttocks uncovered, to Egypt’s shame.
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And they will be dismayed and ashamed of Cush, their
1expectation, and of Egypt, their
1boast.
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And the inhabitant of this coastland will say in that day, Such is now our expectation, to whom we fled for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria! And how shall we escape?