Isaiah 20

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Isaiah 20
  chapter 19
chapter 21  
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The Great Isaiah Scroll, the best preserved of the biblical scrolls found at Qumran from the second century BC, contains all the verses in this chapter.
Book Book of Isaiah
Hebrew Bible part Nevi'im
Order in the Hebrew part5
Category Latter Prophets
Christian Bible part Old Testament
Order in the Christian part23

Isaiah 20 is the twentieth chapter of the Book of Isaiah in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. This book contains the prophecies attributed to the prophet Isaiah.

Contents

Text

The original text was written in Hebrew language. This chapter is divided into 6 verses.

Textual witnesses

Some early manuscripts containing the text of this chapter in Hebrew are of the Masoretic Text tradition, which includes the Codex Cairensis (895), the Petersburg Codex of the Prophets (916), Aleppo Codex (10th century), Codex Leningradensis (1008). [1]

There is also a translation into Koine Greek known as the Septuagint, made in the last few centuries BCE. Extant ancient manuscripts of the Septuagint version include Codex Vaticanus (B; B; 4th century), Codex Sinaiticus (S; BHK: S; 4th century), Codex Alexandrinus (A; A; 5th century) and Codex Marchalianus (Q; Q; 6th century). [2]

Parashot

The parashah sections listed here are based on the Aleppo Codex. [3] Isaiah 20 is a part of the Prophecies about the Nations (Isaiah 13 –23). {P}: open parashah; {S}: closed parashah.

{S} 20:1-2 {S} 20:3-6 {P}

Verse 1

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Sargon II, Iraq Museum
The Inscription of Sargon II at Tang-i Var pass near the village of Tang-i Var, Hawraman, Iran, mentioning the king's conquest of Ashdod. Tang-i Var 2012, F.Biglari.JPG
The Inscription of Sargon II at Tang-i Var pass near the village of Tang-i Var, Hawraman, Iran, mentioning the king's conquest of Ashdod.
In the year that Tartan came to Ashdod, when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him, and he fought against Ashdod and took it, [5]

Verse 2

at the same time the Lord spoke by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying,
"Go, and remove the sackcloth from your body, and take your sandals off your feet."
And he did so, walking naked and barefoot. [11]

See also

Notes and references

  1. Würthwein 1995, pp. 35–37.
  2. Würthwein 1995, pp. 73–74.
  3. As implemented in the Jewish Publication Society's 1917 edition of the Hebrew Bible in English.
  4. Dan'el Kahn, "The Inscription of Sargon II at Tang-i Var and the Chronology of Dynasty 25," Orientalia 70 (2001)
  5. Isaiah 20:1 NKJV
  6. 5623. Sargon, Strong's Concordance .
  7. Younger, K. Lawson Jr. (2003). "Recent Study on Sargon II, King of Assyria: implications for Biblical studies". In Chavalas, Mark W.; Younger, K. Lawson Jr. (eds.). Mesopotamia and the Bible. Journal for the Study of the Old Testament Supplement (Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies). Vol. 341 (reprint ed.). A&C Black. p. 313. ISBN   978-0-567-08231-2.. Quote: "In my ninth regnal year, I [marched] against the city of Ashdod, which is on the coast of the Great Sea. [...] [the city] of Ashdod [...][...]". Translation from the text published in: Fuchs, A. (1998) Die Annalen des Jahres 711 v. Chr. nach Prismenfragmenten aus Ninive und Assur (SAAS, 8; Helsinki: The Neo Assyrian Text Corpus Project), p. 44–46.
  8. ""Sargon II, King of Assyria (721-705 BC)", The British Museum". Archived from the original on 2015-10-30. Retrieved 2017-06-15.
  9. Younger 2003, p. 288
  10. Younger 2003, p. 319
  11. Isaiah 20:2 NKJV
  12. Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges. Isaiah 20. Accessed 28 April 2019.

Bibliography

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Wikisource-logo.svg This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain :  Easton, Matthew George (1897). "Tartan". Easton's Bible Dictionary (New and revised ed.). T. Nelson and Sons.