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Isaiah 20:1-6
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Matthew Henry on Isaiah 20:1-6Isaiah 20:1-6 · Matthew Henry Concise CommentaryIsaiah was a sign to the people by his unusual dress, when he walked abroad. He commonly wore sackcloth as a prophet, to show himself mortified to the world. He was to loose this from his loins; to wear no upper garment…Threatenings against Egypt. (b. c. 713.)Isaiah 20:1-6 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleTHREATENINGS AGAINST EGYPT. (B. C. 713.) God here, as King of nations, brings a sore calamity upon Egypt and Ethiopia, but, as King of saints, brings good to his people out of it. Observe, I. The date of this prophecy.…The Pulpit Commentary on Isaiah 20:1-6Isaiah 20:1-6 · The Pulpit CommentaryA PROPHECY AGAINST EGYPT AND ETHIOPIA. The Assyrian inscriptions enable us to date this prophecy with a near approach to exactness. Ashdod was besieged by an Assyrian army twice in the reign of Sargon—in his ninth year…The Pulpit Commentary on Isaiah 20:1Isaiah 20:1 · The Pulpit CommentaryIn the year that Tartan came unto Ashdod; rather, a tartan. The word was not a proper name, but a title of office, equivalent to surena among the Parthians, and signifying "commander-in-chief." The tartan held the secon…The Pulpit Commentary on Isaiah 20:1-4Isaiah 20:1-4 · The Pulpit CommentaryFoolish trust rebuked by a strange sign. Few things are so difficult as to bring men to rely wholly and solely upon God. The circumstances of the time were these. Humanly speaking, Judaea lay absolutely at the mercy of…The Pulpit Commentary on Isaiah 20:1-6Isaiah 20:1-6 · The Pulpit CommentaryThe prophet as a sign. I. THE HISTORICAL CIRCUMSTANCES. The illusion of Egyptian unity had passed away again. The country was broken up under the rule of a number of petty kings, of whom Shabak, or So, or Seve (2 Kings…
commentaryMatthew Henry on Isaiah 20:1-6Isaiah was a sign to the people by his unusual dress, when he walked abroad. He commonly wore sackcloth as a prophet, to show himself mortified to the world. He was to loose this from his loins; to wear no upper garment…Matthew HenrycommentaryThreatenings against Egypt. (b. c. 713.)THREATENINGS AGAINST EGYPT. (B. C. 713.) God here, as King of nations, brings a sore calamity upon Egypt and Ethiopia, but, as King of saints, brings good to his people out of it. Observe, I. The date of this prophecy.…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Isaiah 20:1In the year that Tartan came unto Ashdod; rather, a tartan. The word was not a proper name, but a title of office, equivalent to surena among the Parthians, and signifying "commander-in-chief." The tartan held the secon…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Isaiah 20:1-4Foolish trust rebuked by a strange sign. Few things are so difficult as to bring men to rely wholly and solely upon God. The circumstances of the time were these. Humanly speaking, Judaea lay absolutely at the mercy of…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Isaiah 20:1-6A PROPHECY AGAINST EGYPT AND ETHIOPIA. The Assyrian inscriptions enable us to date this prophecy with a near approach to exactness. Ashdod was besieged by an Assyrian army twice in the reign of Sargon—in his ninth year…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Isaiah 20:1-3Unpleasant service. It may always remain uncertain whether Isaiah went stripped and barefoot for three whole years or for a shorter period. Two things, however, are quite certain, viz. that for some time, longer or shor…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Isaiah 20:1-6The prophet as a sign. I. THE HISTORICAL CIRCUMSTANCES. The illusion of Egyptian unity had passed away again. The country was broken up under the rule of a number of petty kings, of whom Shabak, or So, or Seve (2 Kings…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Isaiah 20:2Loose the sackcloth from off thy loins. Dr. Kay supposes that Isaiah was wearing sackcloth exceptionally, as during a time of mourning. But it is more probable that the Hebrew sak represents the haircloth ("rough garmen…Joseph S. Exell and contributors