John Trapp on Isaiah 20:2

Ver. 2. At the ſame time ſpake the Lord] Againſt Egypt and Ethiopia, whom he had comforted, [non-Latin text not transcribed] i. e. Per Iſaiam tanquam organum & diſ[illegible: 1 letter]enſatorem ſuo[illegible: 1 letter]um myſter. Oecolamp. Veſtimentum [illegible: 1 letter]i loſum. ver. 18. & 19 and yet now again threateneth; ſhewing by an ocular demonſtration what miſeries ſhould befall them. This was done in Jury; but the report thereof might eaſily come to theſe confederate Countreys: and the Jews howſoever were given hereby to ſee how vain a thing it was to truſt to ſuch Confederates.

By Iſaiah the ſon of Amos] Heb. by the hand of Iſaiah, whom God uſed as a diſpenſer of this precious Treaſure.

Go, looſe the ſackcloth from off thy loins] i. e. Thy thick rough garment, ſuch as Prophets uſually wore, 2 Kings 1.8. Zech. 13.4. Matth. 3.4. Or elſe thy ſackcloth put on as a mourning-weed, either for ten Tribes lately carried captive: or elſe for the miſeries ready to fall ſhortly upon thine own people.

And put off thy ſhoo from thy foot] The Nudipedales in Moravia might aſwell a vouch Iſaiah for their founder, as the Carmelites do Elias.

And he did ſo] God is to be obeyed without ſciſcitation; his Commands, how unreaſonable ſoever they may ſeem, are not to be diſputed but diſpatched.

Walking naked] Not ſtark-naked, but ſtript as a priſoner, his Mantle or upper garment caſt off, See 1 Sam. 19.24. Act. 19.16. Mic. 1.8.