Isaiah 20:1 In the year when King Sargon of Assyria sent his commander in chief to capture the Philistine city of Ashdod, 2 the LORD told Isaiah son of Amoz, "Take off the burlap you have been wearing, and remove your sandals." Isaiah did as he was told and walked around naked and barefoot.
3 Then the LORD said, "My servant Isaiah has been walking around naked and barefoot for the last three years. This is a sign—a symbol of the terrible troubles I will bring upon Egypt and Ethiopia. 4 For the king of Assyria will take away the Egyptians and Ethiopians as prisoners. He will make them walk naked and barefoot, both young and old, their buttocks bared, to the shame of Egypt. 5 Then the Philistines will be thrown into panic, for they counted on the power of Ethiopia and boasted of their allies in Egypt! 6 They will say, 'If this can happen to Egypt, what chance do we have? We were counting on Egypt to protect us from the king of Assyria.'"
Here's what my Life Application Bible says about this chapter...
"God asked Isaiah to do something that seems shameful & illogical. At times, God may ask us to do things we don't understand. We must obey God in complete faith, for He will never ask us to so something wrong."
I gotta think about this one. This chapter could give people the excuse to demonstrate some pretty bizarre behaviors. Where does the fine line get drawn between obeying what we think God is leading us to do & what is illegal or simply really weird?
I'd REALLY be interested in what some of you think about this...
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