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Isaiah 20
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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 part	5
Category	Latter Prophets
Christian Bible part	Old Testament
Order in the Christian part	23

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, and one of the Books of the Prophets.

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

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 BC. Extant ancient manuscripts of the Septuagint version include Codex Vaticanus (B; ${\displaystyle {\mathfrak {G}}}$^B; 4th century), Codex Sinaiticus (S; BHK: ${\displaystyle {\mathfrak {G}}}$^S; 4th century), Codex Alexandrinus (A; ${\displaystyle {\mathfrak {G}}}$^A; 5th century) and Codex Marchalianus (Q; ${\displaystyle {\mathfrak {G}}}$^Q; 6th century).^[2]

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}

In the year that Tartan came to Ashdod, when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him, and he fought against Ashdod and took it,^[4]

• "Sargon": refers to Sargon II, reigning 722–705 BC as the king of Assyria.^[5]

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.^[6]

• Related Bible parts: 2 Kings 18, 2 Kings 19, 2 Kings 20, 2 Chronicles 29, 2 Chronicles 30, 2 Chronicles 31, Isaiah 22, Isaiah 30, Isaiah 37, Isaiah 38, Isaiah 39, Acts 8, 1 John 4

• Würthwein, Ernst (1995). The Text of the Old Testament. Translated by Rhodes, Erroll F. Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans. ISBN 0-8028-0788-7. Retrieved January 26, 2019.

• Isaiah 20 Original Hebrew with Parallel English

• Isaiah 20 English Translation with Parallel Latin Vulgate

 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.