Isaiah 20 יְשַׁעְיָהוּ פרק כ׳

Masoretic Text, word by word with English glosses, the English verse beneath each. Open Isaiah 20 in the interlinear reader for transliteration, roots and notes.

1. 1

   בִּשְׁנַתin-the-year-ofבֹּאcameתַרְתָּןTartanאַשְׁדּוֹדָהto-Ashdodבִּשְׁלֹחַwhen-sentאֹתוֹhimסַרְגוֹןSargonמֶלֶךְthe-king-ofאַשּׁוּרAssyriaוַיִּלָּחֶםand-foughtבְּאַשְׁדּוֹדagainst-Ashdodוַיִּלְכְּדָהּ׃and-took-it

   In the year that Tartan came unto Ashdod, (when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him,) and fought against Ashdod, and took it;

2. 2

   בָּעֵתat-the-timeהַהִיאthatדִּבֶּרspokeיְהֹוָהthe-LORDבְּיַדbyיְשַׁעְיָהוּIsaiahבֶן־אָמוֹץson-of-Amozלֵאמֹרsayingלֵךְgoוּפִתַּחְתָּand-looseהַשַּׂקthe-sackclothמֵעַלfrom-uponמׇתְנֶיךָyour-loinsוְנַעַלְךָand-your-shoeתַחֲלֹץput-offמֵעַלfrom-uponרַגְלֶךָyour-footוַיַּעַשׂand-he-didכֵּןthusהָלֹךְwalkingעָרוֹםnakedוְיָחֵף׃and-barefoot

   At the same time spake the LORD by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, Go and loose the sackcloth from off thy loins, and put off thy shoe from thy foot. And he did so, walking naked and barefoot.

3. 3

   וַיֹּאמֶרand-saidיְהֹוָהthe-LORDכַּאֲשֶׁרjust-asהָלַךְhas-walkedעַבְדִּיmy-servantיְשַׁעְיָהוּIsaiahעָרוֹםnakedוְיָחֵףand-barefootשָׁלֹשׁthreeשָׁנִיםyearsאוֹתfor-a-signוּמוֹפֵתand-a-portentעַל־מִצְרַיִםupon-Egyptוְעַל־כּוּשׁ׃and-upon-Ethiopia

   And the LORD said, Like as my servant Isaiah hath walked naked and barefoot three years for a sign and wonder upon Egypt and upon Ethiopia;

4. 4

   כֵּןthusיִנְהַגshall-lead-awayמֶלֶךְ־אַשּׁוּרthe-king-of-Assyriaאֶת־שְׁבִיthe-prisoners-ofמִצְרַיִםEgyptוְאֶת־גָּלוּתand-the-exiles-ofכּוּשׁEthiopiaנְעָרִיםyoungוּזְקֵנִיםand-oldעָרוֹםnakedוְיָחֵףand-barefootוַחֲשׂוּפַיeven-uncovered-ofשֵׁתbuttocksעֶרְוַתto-the-shame-ofמִצְרָיִם׃Egypt

   So shall the king of Assyria lead away the Egyptians prisoners, and the Ethiopians captives, young and old, naked and barefoot, even with their buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt.

5. 5

   וְחַתּוּand-they-shall-be-afraidוָבֹשׁוּand-ashamedמִכּוּשׁfrom-Ethiopiaמַבָּטָםtheir-expectationוּמִן־מִצְרַיִםand-from-Egyptתִּפְאַרְתָּם׃their-glory

   And they shall be afraid and ashamed of Ethiopia their expectation, and of Egypt their glory.

6. 6

   וְאָמַרand-shall-sayיֹשֵׁבthe-inhabitant-ofהָאִיcoast-landהַזֶּהthisבַּיּוֹםin-the-dayהַהוּאthatהִנֵּה־כֹהbehold-such-isמַבָּטֵנוּour-expectationאֲשֶׁר־נַסְנוּwhither-we-fleeשָׁםthereלְעֶזְרָהfor-helpלְהִנָּצֵלto-be-deliveredמִפְּנֵיbecause-ofמֶלֶךְthe-king-ofאַשּׁוּרAssyriaוְאֵיךְand-howנִמָּלֵטshall-escapeאֲנָחְנוּ׃we

   And the inhabitant of this isle shall say in that day, Behold, such is our expectation, whither we flee for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria: and how shall we escape?