KJV King James Version
At the same time spake the LORD by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, Go and loose the sackcloth from off thy loins, and put off thy shoe from thy foot. And he did so, walking naked and barefoot.
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Isaiah 20:2
At the same time spake the LORD by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, Go and loose the sackcloth from off thy loins, and put off thy shoe from thy foot. And he did so, walking naked and barefoot.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
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.
WEB World English Bible
at that time Yahweh spoke by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, “Go, and loosen the sackcloth from off your waist, and take your shoes from off your feet.” He did so, walking naked and barefoot.
ASV American Standard Version
at that time Jehovah spake by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, Go, and loose the sackcloth from off thy loins, and put thy shoe from off thy foot. And he did so, walking naked and barefoot.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
at that time spake Jehovah by the hand of Isaiah son of Amoz, saying, ‘Go, and thou hast loosed the sackcloth from off thy loins, and thy sandal thou dost draw from off thy foot,’ and he doth so, going naked and barefoot.
Surrounding context — Isaiah 20
1 In the year that Tartan came unto Ashdod, (when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him,) and fought against Ashdod, and took it;
2 At the same time spake the LORD by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, Go and loose the sackcloth from off thy loins, and put off thy shoe from thy foot. And he did so, walking naked and barefoot.
3 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;
4 So shall the king of Assyria lead away the Egyptians prisoners, and the Ethiopians captives, young and old, naked and barefoot, even with [their] buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt.
5 And they shall be afraid and ashamed of Ethiopia their expectation, and of Egypt their glory.
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בָּעֵ֣תH6256 · ettimeהַהִ֗יאH1931 · huhe/she/itדִּבֶּ֣רH1696 · da.varto speak: speakיְהוָה֮H3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDבְּיַ֣דH3027 · yadhandיְשַׁעְיָ֣הוּH3470 · ye.sha.yahIsaiahבֶן־H1121 · benson: childאָמוֹץ֮H531 · a.motsAmozלֵאמֹר֒H559 · a.marto sayלֵ֗ךְH1980 · ha.lakhto go: wentוּפִתַּחְתָּ֤H6605 · pa.tachto openהַשַּׂק֙H8242 · saqsackclothמֵעַ֣לH5921 · aluponמָתְנֶ֔יךָH4975 · mo.tenloinוְנַעַלְךָ֥H5275 · na.alsandalתַחֲלֹ֖ץH2502 · cha.latsto rescueמֵעַ֣לH5921 · aluponרַגְלֶ֑יךָH7272 · re.gelfootוַיַּ֣עַשׂH6213 · a.sahto make: doכֵּ֔ןH3651 · kenrightהָלֹ֖ךְH1980 · ha.lakhto go: wentעָר֥וֹםH6174 · a.romnakedוְיָחֵֽף׃ סH3182 · ya.chephbarefoot
Cross-references
Micah 1:8Therefore I will wail and howl, I will go stripped and naked: I will make a wailing like the dragons, and mourning as the owls.1 Samuel 19:24And he stripped off his clothes also, and prophesied before Samuel in like manner, and lay down naked all that day and all that night. Wherefore they say, [Is] Saul also among the prophets?Matthew 3:4And the same John had his raiment of camel’s hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey.Zechariah 13:4And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] the prophets shall be ashamed every one of his vision, when he hath prophesied; neither shall they wear a rough garment to deceive:Ezekiel 24:17Forbear to cry, make no mourning for the dead, bind the tire of thine head upon thee, and put on thy shoes upon thy feet, and cover not [thy] lips, and eat not the bread of men.Ezekiel 24:23And your tires [shall be] upon your heads, and your shoes upon your feet: ye shall not mourn nor weep; but ye shall pine away for your iniquities, and mourn one toward another.Isaiah 13:1The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see.Micah 1:11Pass ye away, thou inhabitant of Saphir, having thy shame naked: the inhabitant of Zaanan came not forth in the mourning of Bethezel; he shall receive of you his standing.Ezekiel 4:5For I have laid upon thee the years of their iniquity, according to the number of the days, three hundred and ninety days: so shalt thou bear the iniquity of the house of Israel.Acts 19:16And the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, and overcame them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.2 Kings 1:8And they answered him, [He was] an hairy man, and girt with a girdle of leather about his loins. And he said, It [is] Elijah the Tishbite.Joshua 5:15And the captain of the LORD’S host said unto Joshua, Loose thy shoe from off thy foot; for the place whereon thou standest [is] holy. And Joshua did so.Jeremiah 13:1-11Thus saith the LORD unto me, Go and get thee a linen girdle, and put it upon thy loins, and put it not in water.Jeremiah 19:1-15Thus saith the LORD, Go and get a potter’s earthen bottle, and [take] of the ancients of the people, and of the ancients of the priests;2 Samuel 6:20Then David returned to bless his household. And Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David, and said, How glorious was the king of Israel to day, who uncovered himself to day in the eyes of the handmaids of his servants, as one of the vain fellows shamelessly uncovereth himself!Exodus 3:5And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest [is] holy ground.Job 1:20-21Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped,Revelation 11:3And I will give [power] unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred [and] threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.
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