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Isaiah 20:3

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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.	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;	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.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And the LORD^H3068 said^H559, Like as my servant^H5650 Isaiah^H3470 hath walked^H1980 naked^H6174 and barefoot^H3182 three^H7969 years^H8141 for a sign^H226 and wonder^H4159 upon Egypt^H4714 and upon Ethiopia^H3568;

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Original Hebrew

וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה כַּאֲשֶׁר הָלַךְ עַבְדִּי יְשַׁעְיָהוּ עָרֹום וְיָחֵף שָׁלֹשׁ שָׁנִים אֹות וּמֹופֵת עַל־מִצְרַיִם וְעַל־כּוּשׁ׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר	va/i.Yo.mer	H559	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he said
יְהוָ֔ה	Yah.weh	H3068	HNp	Yahweh
כַּ/אֲשֶׁ֥ר	ka./'a.Sher	H834	HR/Tr	just/ as
הָלַ֛ךְ	ha.Lakh	H1980	HVqp3ms	he has gone
עַבְדִּ֥/י	'av.D/i	H5650	HNcmsc/Sp1cs	servant/ my
יְשַׁעְיָ֖הוּ	ye.sha'.Ya.hu	H3470	HNp	Isaiah
עָר֣וֹם	a.Rom	H6174	HAamsa	naked
וְ/יָחֵ֑ף	ve./ya.Chef	H3182	HC/Aamsa	and/ barefoot
שָׁלֹ֤שׁ	sha.Losh	H7969	HAcfsa	three
שָׁנִים֙	sha.Nim	H8141	HNcfpa	years
א֣וֹת	'ot	H226	HNcbsa	a sign
וּ/מוֹפֵ֔ת	u./mo.Fet	H4159	HC/Ncmsa	and/ a portent
עַל	'al-	H5921	HR	on
מִצְרַ֖יִם	mitz.Ra.yim	H4714	HNp	Egypt
וְ/עַל	ve./'al-	H5921	HC/R	and/ on
כּֽוּשׁ	Kush	H3568	HNp	Cush

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H226 — אוֹת (ʼôwth, oth): probably from אוּת (in the sense of appearing); a signal (literally or figuratively), as aflag, beacon, monument, omen, prodigy, evidence, etc.; mark, miracle, (en-) sign, token.
• H559 — אָמַר (ʼâmar, aw-mar'): a primitive root; to say (used with great latitude); answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [idiom] plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), [idiom] still, [idiom] suppose, talk, tell, term, [idiom] that is, [idiom] think, use (speech), utter, [idiom] verily, [idiom] yet.
• H1980 — הָלַךְ (hâlak, haw-lak'): akin to יָלַךְ; a primitive root; to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively); (all) along, apace, behave (self), come, (on) continually, be conversant, depart, [phrase] be eased, enter, exercise (self), [phrase] follow, forth, forward, get, go (about, abroad, along, away, forward, on, out, up and down), [phrase] greater, grow, be wont to haunt, lead, march, [idiom] more and more, move (self), needs, on, pass (away), be at the point, quite, run (along), [phrase] send, speedily, spread, still, surely, [phrase] tale-bearer, [phrase] travel(-ler), walk (abroad, on, to and fro, up and down, to places), wander, wax, (way-) faring man, [idiom] be weak, whirl.
• H3068 — יְהֹוָה (Yᵉhôvâh, yeh-ho-vaw'): from הָיָה; (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God; Jehovah, the Lord. Compare יָהּ, יְהֹוִה.
• H3182 — יָחֵף (yâchêph, yaw-khafe'): from an unused root meaning to take off the shoes; unsandalled; barefoot, being unshod.
• H3470 — יְשַׁעְיָה (Yᵉshaʻyâh, yesh-ah-yaw'): or יְשַׁעְיָהוּ; from יָשַׁע and יָהּ; Jah has saved; Jeshajah, the name of seven Israelites; Isaiah, Jesaiah, Jeshaiah.
• H3568 — כּוּשׁ (Kûwsh, koosh): probably of foreign origin; Cush (or Ethiopia), the name of a son of Ham, and of his territory; also of an Israelite; Chush, Cush, Ethiopia.
• H4159 — מוֹפֵת (môwphêth, mo-faith'): or מֹפֵת; from יָפָה in the sense of conspicuousness; a miracle; by implication, a token or omen; miracle, sign, wonder(-ed at).
• H4714 — מִצְרַיִם (Mitsrayim, mits-rah'-yim): dual of מָצוֹר; Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt; Egypt, Egyptians, Mizraim.
• H5650 — עֶבֶד (ʻebed, eh'-bed): from עָבַד; a servant; [idiom] bondage, bondman, (bond-) servant, (man-) servant.
• H6174 — עָרוֹם (ʻârôwm, aw-rome'): or עָרֹם; from עָרַם (in its original sense); nude, either partially or totally; naked.
• H7969 — שָׁלוֹשׁ (shâlôwsh, shaw-loshe'): or שָׁלֹשׁ; masculine שְׁלוֹשָׁה; or שְׁלֹשָׁה; a primitive number; three; occasionally (ordinal) third, or (multiple) thrice; [phrase] fork, [phrase] often(-times), third, thir(-teen, -teenth), three, [phrase] thrice. Compare שָׁלִישׁ.
• H8141 — שָׁנֶה (shâneh, shaw-neh'): (in plural or (feminine) שָׁנָה; from שָׁנָה; a year (as a revolution of time); [phrase] whole age, [idiom] long, [phrase] old, year([idiom] -ly).

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H834 — אֲשֶׁר (ʼăsher, ash-er'): a primitive relative pronoun (of every gender and number); who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.; [idiom] after, [idiom] alike, as (soon as), because, [idiom] every, for, [phrase] forasmuch, [phrase] from whence, [phrase] how(-soever), [idiom] if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), [idiom] though, [phrase] until, [phrase] whatsoever, when, where ([phrase] -as, -in, -of, -on, -soever, -with), which, whilst, [phrase] whither(-soever), who(-m, -soever, -se). As it is indeclinable, it is often accompanied by the personal pronoun expletively, used to show the connection.
• H5921 — עַל (ʻal, al): properly, the same as עַל used as a preposition (in the singular or plural often with prefix, or as conjunction with a particle following); above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications; above, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of, (from) (off), (up-) on, over, than, through(-out), to, touching, [idiom] with.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

• a sign — Isaiah 8:18
• three — Numbers 14:34, Ezekiel 4:5-6, Revelation 11:2-3
• upon Egypt — Isaiah 18:1-7

Reciprocal references (7): 1 Kings 20:35, Ezekiel 4:3, Ezekiel 24:24, Ezekiel 30:6, Ezekiel 30:9, Hosea 1:2, Zechariah 3:8

Related Topics

• Torrey’s: PROPHETS
• Nave’s: EGYPT, ETHIOPIA, INSTRUCTION, ISAIAH, MINISTER, Christian, PANTOMIME, SYMBOLS AND SIMILITUDES

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