Book 23 of 66 · Major Prophets

IsaiahChapter 20 · Egypt and deliverance and Assyria

6 verses1 sections1 min readProphetic visionComplete KJV text

Isaiah 20 contains 6 verses in the King James Version. This page presents the complete chapter, a section-by-section outline, and direct links to every verse. Its recurring subjects include Egypt and deliverance, Assyria, and kingship.

Chapter at a glance

What is in Isaiah 20?

The chapter opens, “In the year that Tartan came unto Ashdod, (when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him,) and fought against Ashdod, and took it;” It closes in verse 6, “And the inhabitant of this isle shall say in that day, Behold, such is our expectation, whither we flee for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria: and how shall we…” The outline below follows the text in order.

Primary themes: Egypt and deliveranceAssyriakingship
Passage: Isaiah 20:1–6
Reading time: About 1 minute · 169 words

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Isaiah 20 outline

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Verses 1–6
Egypt and Deliverance · Assyria
In the year that Tartan came unto Ashdod, (when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him,) and fought against Ashdod, and took it;

King James Version · complete chapter

Isaiah 20 KJV

¹In the year that Tartan came unto Ashdod, (when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him,) and fought against Ashdod, and took it; ²At 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. ³And 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; ⁴So 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. ⁵And they shall be afraid and ashamed of Ethiopia their expectation, and of Egypt their glory. ⁶And the inhabitant of this isle shall say in that day, Behold, such is our expectation, whither we flee for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria: and how shall we escape?