Isaiah 2020IsaiahOracles about the nationsCatholic Public Domain Version

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1. A Sign against Egypt and Cush

2. 1CPDVIn the year in which Tharthan entered into Ashdod, when Sargon, the king of the Assyrians, had sent him, and when he had fought against Ashdod and had captured it,BSBBSB: Before the year that the chief commander, sent by Sargon king of Assyria, came to Ashdod and attacked and captured it,
3. 2CPDVin that same time, the Lord spoke by the hand of Isaiah, the son of Amoz, saying: “Go forth, and remove the sackcloth from your waist, and take your shoes from your feet.” And he did so, going out naked and barefoot.BSBBSB: 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.
4. 3CPDVAnd the Lord said: Just as my servant Isaiah has walked naked and barefoot, as a sign and as a portent of three years over Egypt and over Ethiopia,BSBBSB: Then the LORD said, “Just as My servant Isaiah has gone naked and barefoot for three years as a sign and omen against Egypt and Cush,
5. 4CPDVso also will the king of the Assyrians force the captivity of Egypt, and the transmigration of Ethiopia: young and old, naked and barefoot, with their buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt.BSBBSB: so the king of Assyria will lead away the captives of Egypt and the exiles of Cush, young and old alike, naked and barefoot, with bared buttocks—to Egypt’s shame.
6. 5CPDVAnd they will be afraid and confounded over Ethiopia, their hope, and Egypt, their glory.BSBBSB: Those who made Cush their hope and Egypt their boast will be dismayed and ashamed.
7. 6CPDVAnd in that day, the inhabitants of a certain island will say: “Behold, this was our hope, we fled to them for help, to free us from the face of the king of the Assyrians. And now, how will we be able to escape?”BSBBSB: And on that day the dwellers of this coastland will say, ‘See what has happened to our source of hope, those to whom we fled for help and deliverance from the king of Assyria! How then can we escape?’”

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