Isaiah 20
-Isaiah is asked of the LORD to
go barefoot and naked as a sign and token against Egypt and Cush (Ethiopia).
This happens in the year that the commander of Sargon II, the king of Assyria,
was sent to fight against and capture Ashdod (711 B.C.). The prophecy is meant
to reveal that the king of Assyria would lead away the captives of Egypt and
the exiles of Cush, both young and old, naked and barefoot with buttocks
uncovered to their shame. These two nations will be dismayed and ashamed
because they hoped in themselves and did not seek after God. There will be
no escape for them. This message was really intended to make Judah realize that
they could not trust in foreign governments to save them either. *Application* God
asked Isaiah to something that must have seemed ridiculously shameful and
illogical. The LORD may also ask us to do some things that will indeed stretch
us and evade our limited understanding. Will we obey God in complete faith at
these times trusting that He is never wrong and will in the end uphold and make
us His kind of success? God will never make you do something that is wrong to
your long-term detriment, and He will always justify His actions in the final
analysis. Trust Him in the meantime.
Verse to Memorize: Isaiah 20:3
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