John Gill's Exposition on Isaiah 20:4

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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So shall the king of Assyria lead away the Egyptians prisoners, and the Ethiopians captives, &c.] As beasts are led or driven, being taken prisoners, and carried captive by the king of Assyria, namely Sargon, whoever is intended by him: young and old; without any regard to age, sparing none for their tender years or gray hairs: naked and barefoot; as prisoners of war commonly are, being stripped by their conquerors of their clothes, and having only a few rags given them to cover their nakedness with, and obliged to travel without shoes on their feet: even with [their] buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt; having no clothes on them to cover those parts; or the skirts of their garments cut off, as David’s servants were by the Ammonites, (<101004>2 Samuel 10:4) and this to humble and mortify the pride of the Egyptians.

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