Isaiah: Heb. the hand of Isaiah
the sackcloth: 2 Kings 1:8; Zechariah 13:4; Matthew 3:4; Revelation 11:3
naked: 1 Samuel 19:24; 2 Samuel 6:20; Job 1:20-21; Micah 1:8, Micah 1:11; John 21:7; Acts 19:16
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Isaiah 20:2
Isaiah 20:2
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Ethiopia, but, as King of saints, brings good to his people out of it.
Observe,
I. The date of this prophecy. It was in the year that Ashdod, a…Isaiah 20:1-3Isaiah 20:1-3 · The Pulpit CommentaryUnpleasant service.
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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…