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Isaiah 20 — Sermon Preparation
Isaiah walks stripped and barefoot for three years as a living sign that Egypt and Cush will be led away captive by Assyria. Below is a research summary for Isaiah 20, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
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- Hebrew words / lemmas
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- classic sermon excerpts
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- preachers & commentators
Isaiah 20 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| יָחֵף | yâchêph | H3182 | 3 | unsandalled |
| עָרוֹם | ʻârôwm | H6174 | 3 | nude |
| כּוּשׁ | Kûwsh | H3568 | 3 | Cush |
| מִצְרַיִם | Mitsrayim | H4714 | 4 | Mitsrajim |
| מַבָּט | mabbâṭ | H4007 | 2 | expected, expectation |
| אַשּׁוּר | ʼAshshûwr | H804 | 3 | Ashshur |
| אַשְׁדּוֹד | ʼAshdôwd | H795 | 2 | Ashdod |
How preachers through history handled this text
2 public-domain excerpts on Isaiah 20, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“This chapter is a prediction of the carrying away of multitudes both of the Egyptians and the Ethiopians into captivity by the king of Assyria. Here is, I. The sign by which this was foretold, which was the prophet's going for some time barefoot and almost naked, like a poor captive, ver. 1-2. II. The explication of that sign, with application to Egypt and Ethiopia, ver. 3-5. III. The good use which the people of God should make of this, which is never to trust in an arm of flesh, because thus it will deceive them, ver. 6. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible, Vol. 4 (Isaiah to Malachi), on Isaiah 20:1–30 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Ashdod— Isa 20:1
- Assyria— Isa 20:1
- Cush 1— Isa 20:3
- Egypt— Isa 20:3
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