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“In the summer, when Pharaoh went down to Azoth, the city of the Philistines, Sargon, king of Assyria, was sent quickly from (Arna), and he fought against Azoth and took it” (Is. 20:1). The Assyrian king Sargon was the predecessor of Sennacherib. “And the Lord spoke to Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying:... take off the sackcloth from your loins - that is, the sackcloth in which you put on when you grieved and wept for King Uzziah - and cut off your sandals from your feet... walking naked and barefoot" (Is. 20:2). Your nakedness will be for the Egyptians and the Ethiopians. a sign that they too will be exposed by the hand of those who captivate. “And... for three years there will be signs and wonders among the Egyptians and the Ethiopians” (Is. 20:3), that is, either these signs will come after three years, or God, by the hand of the Assyrians, will punish the Egyptians and Ethiopians for three years. You might be interested in: