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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Isaiah 20:2 - 20:2
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by - literally, “by the hand of” (compare Eze 3:14).
sackcloth - the loose outer garment of coarse dark hair-cloth worn by mourners (2Sa 3:31) and by prophets, fastened at the waist by a girdle (Mat 3:4; 2Ki 1:8; Zec 13:4).
naked - rather, “uncovered”; he merely put off the outer sackcloth, retaining still the tunic or inner vest (1Sa 19:24; Amo 2:16; Joh 21:7); an emblem to show that Egypt should be stripped of its possessions; the very dress of Isaiah was a silent exhortation to repentance.