This chapter contains a prophecy of the destruction of the Egyptians and Ethiopians by the Assyrians, which had been prophesied of separately in the two preceding chapters Isa. 18:1—19:25, and now conjunctly in this: the time of it is given, Isa.

In the year that Tartan came unto Ashdod Or Azotus, as the Septuagint here call it; and which is its name in the New Testament, (See Gill on Acts 8:40).

At the same time spake the Lord by Isaiah the son of Amoz, &c.] Or, “by the hand of Isaiah”, by his means; and it was to him likewise, as the following words show; and so the Septuagint version renders it; he spoke by him, by the sign he used, according to his order, and he spoke to him to use the…

And the Lord said Here follows the explanation of the sign, and the accommodation of it to the thing signified by it: like as my servant Isaiah hath walked naked and barefoot; not wholly naked, for that would have been very indecent and dangerous indeed; but without his upper garment, as Saul, and…

So shall the king of Assyria lead away the Egyptians prisoners, and the Ethiopians captives 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…

And they shall be afraid and ashamed That is, those that trusted and depended upon the Egyptians and Ethiopians, particularly the Jews after mentioned, shall be “afraid” that it will be their turn next, that they also shall be taken and carried captive; and they shall be “ashamed” that they have…

And the inhabitants of this isle shall say, in that day, &c.] Not of Ashdod, or the isle of Caphtor, but the land of Israel, as both Jarchi and Kimchi interpret it; so called, because it bordered on the sea, as such countries are sometimes called isles; see (Ezek. 27:3, Ezek. 27:15) .