Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible
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Isaiah
Book: Isaiah
Chapter: 20
Overview:
The invasion and conquest of
Egypt and
Ethiopia.
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Isaiah was a sign to the people
By his unusual
Dress, when he
walked abroad. He commonly wore
Sackcloth as a
Prophet, to show
himself mortified to the world. He was to loose this from his
loins; to wear
No upper garments, and to go barefooted. This
sign was to signify, that the Egyptians and Ethiopians should be
led away captives
By the
King of
Assyria, thus stripped. The
world will often deem believers foolish, when singular in
obedience to
God. But the
Lord will support his servants under
the most trying effects of their obedience; and what they are
called upon to suffer for his sake, commonly is
Light, compared
with what
Numbers groan under from
Year to
Year from
Sin. Those
who make any
Creature their expectation and
Glory, and
So Put it
in the place of
God, will, sooner or later, be ashamed of it.
But disappointment in
Creature-confidences, instead of driving
us to despair, should drive us to
God, and our expectation shall
not be in vain. The same lesson is in force now; and where shall
we look for aid in the
Hour of necessity, but to the
Lord our
Righteousness?