Isaiah 20:3 (WEB) | Explain Bible AI

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Yahweh said, Like 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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Ashdod was a Philistine coastal city in the southern Levant, then under Assyrian pressure; Assyria was the dominant Mesopotamian empire. Cush, south of Egypt (roughly Nubia), and Egypt were potential allies, but Isaiah’s sign warned Judah not to trust their power against Assyria.

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Isaiah 20:3 mentions Ashdod, Assyria, Cush and Egypt.

Photo of Assyria — Assyria · Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin FRCP(Glasg)

Photo of Egypt — Egypt · Ricardo Liberato