Study it in the app“so the king of Assyria will lead away the captives of Egypt and the exiles of Cush, young and old, naked and barefoot, with buttocks uncovered: the nakedness of Egypt.”
soכֵּןthe kingמֶלֶךְof Assyriaאַשּׁוּרwill lead awayיִנְהַגthe captivesאֶת שְׁבִיof Egyptמִצְרַיִםand the exilesוְאֶת גָּלוּתof Cush,כּוּשׁyoungנְעָרִיםand old,וּזְקֵנִיםnakedעָרוֹםand barefoot,וְיָחֵףwith buttocks uncovered:וַחֲשׂוּפַי שֵׁתthe nakednessעֶרְוַתof Egypt.מִצְרָיִם
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearsAssyria, Asshur
See it on the mapWhere else “ashur” appearsdrive, lead
Drive, lead along (livestock, people); carry off.
Where else “yinhag” appearscaptive, captivity
Captive, prisoner; captivity.
Where else “shevi” appearsEgypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appearsexiles
The group of those carried off far from their land.
Where else “galut” appearsCush
Cush, the name of a son of Ham and of the region of his descendants, south of Egypt (Nubia; many Bibles put "Ethiopia"). This translation keeps the Hebrew name. Also an Israelite.
Where else “kush” appearsboy
A child or a young man who is still growing and does not rule a household.
Where else “nearim” appearsold
A person of many years.
Where else “zekenim” appearsnaked
Naked.
Where else “arom” appearsbarefoot
Barefoot; going barefoot was a sign of mourning or humiliation.
Where else “yachef” appearsstrip bare
To leave in plain view what was covered.
Where else “chasufay” appearsbuttocks
Buttocks, seat.
Where else “shet” appearsnakedness
Nakedness; the private parts of the body; figuratively, shame. Seeing another's nakedness was a grave lack of respect.
Where else “ervat” appears1Assyria
Today: northern Iraq (with parts of Syria, Turkey, Iran)
An empire of northern Mesopotamia along the Tigris River, in present-day Iraq.
Assyria took the northern kingdom of Israel captive (2 Kgs 17:6). God sent Jonah to preach in Nineveh, its capital (Jonah 3:3).
2Egypt
Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)
A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.
Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).
3And YHWH said, “Just as my servant Isaiah has walked naked and barefoot three years, a sign and a wonder against Egypt and against Cush,
4 · This verse (above)
5And they will be dismayed and ashamed because of Cush, their hope, and because of Egypt, their beauty.
