Isa 20:1, IN THE YEAR THAT TARTAN CAME TO ASHDOD, WHEN SARGON THE KING OF ASSYRIA SENT HIM, AND HE FOUGHT AGAINST ASHDOD AND TOOK IT,
Tartan, which is a title something like general today, was sent by Sargon the king of Assyria (father to Sennacherib) and took the philistine city of Ashdod! Israel was scared!
Isa 20:2-3, at the same TIME THE LORD SPOKE BY ISAIAH the son of Amoz, saying, “GO, AND REMOVE THE SACKCLOTH FROM YOUR BODY, AND TAKE YOUR SANDALS OFF YOUR FEET.” And he did so, walking naked and barefoot. Then the LORD said, “JUST AS MY SERVANT ISAIAH HAS WALKED NAKED AND BAREFOOT THREE YEARS FOR A SIGN AND A WONDER AGAINST EGYPT AND ETHIOPIA,
The LORD told Isaiah to strip down, not completely naked, but down to his under garments as a sign which the LORD was going to do to Egypt and Ethiopia! Why?
Isa 20:4, SO SHALL THE KING OF ASSYRIA LEAD AWAY THE EGYPTIANS AS PRISONERS AND THE ETHIOPIANS AS CAPTIVES, YOUNG AND OLD, NAKED AND BAREFOOT, WITH THEIR BUTTOCKS UNCOVERED, TO THE SHAME OF EGYPT.
When Assyria took Ashdod, Israel was looking to form an alliance with Egypt and Ethiopia in order to fight against Assyria! ISRAEL WAS LOOKING FOR HELP IN THE WORLD AND FORGOT ABOUT GOD?
Jos 1:9, HAVE I NOT COMMANDED YOU? BE STRONG AND OF GOOD COURAGE; DO NOT BE AFRAID, NOR BE DISMAYED, FOR THE LORD YOUR GOD IS WITH YOU WHEREVER YOU GO.”
Isa 20:5, THEN THEY (ISRAEL) SHALL BE AFRAID AND ASHAMED OF ETHIOPIA THEIR EXPECTATION AND EGYPT THEIR GLORY.
Assyria humiliated the nations which Israel depended on! They were ashamed because they sought for help in man and not GOD!
Jer 17:5, Thus says the LORD: “Cursed is the man who trusts in man And makes flesh his strength, Whose heart departs from the LORD.
Isa 20:6, And the inhabitant of this territory (Israel) will say in that day, ‘SURELY SUCH IS OUR EXPECTATION, WHEREVER WE FLEE FOR HELP to be delivered from the king of Assyria; and HOW SHALL WE ESCAPE?’ ”
It’s always sad when people, who say they believe in GOD, place their faith in man? IS THEIR ANYTHING TOO HARD FOR THE LORD?
Isa 26:3-4, YOU WILL KEEP HIM IN PERFECT PEACE, WHOSE MIND IS STAYED ON YOU, BECAUSE HE TRUSTS IN YOU. TRUST IN THE LORD FOREVER, FOR IN YAH, THE LORD, IS EVERLASTING STRENGTH.