Isaiah 20
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.
Text
The original text was written in Hebrew language. [Chapters and verses of the Bible|This Chapters and verses of the Bible|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, the Petersburg Codex of the Prophets, Aleppo Codex, Codex Leningradensis.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, Codex Sinaiticus, Codex Alexandrinus and Codex Marchalianus.
Parashot
The parashah sections listed here are based on the Aleppo Codex. Isaiah 20 is a part of the Prophecies about the Nations . : open parashah; : closed parashah.Verse 1
- "Sargon": refers to Sargon II, reigning 722–705 BC as the king of Assyria. His successful conquest of Ashdod in 712/711 BCE is recorded in the Nineveh Prism fragments containing Sargon's own inscriptions. He was succeeded by his son, Sennacherib. Although his name is only explicitly written in this verse in the whole Hebrew Bible, his impact is reflected in other passages such as and in the first part of the book of Isaiah. The song of Isaiah 14:4b–21 could be secondarily applied to Sargon's death, called in that passage as the "King of Babylon" because from 710 to 707 BCE Sargon ruled in Babylon and even reckoned his regnal year on this basis.
Verse 2
- "Sackcloth": refers to 'the rough garment of hair or coarse linen worn by mourners in lieu of the customary upper garment', which was also worn by prophets.