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at that time the LORD spoke by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, “Go, and loosen the sackcloth from off your waist, and take your sandals from off your feet.” He did so, walking naked and barefoot.
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Verse 2. Sackcloth. The prophets lived in poverty. Zechariah 13:4. Their persons were prophetic. It is not agreed whether Isaias went quite naked, or only without his upper garment. The former supposition would represent better the condition of slaves, (verse 4) and is adopted by S. Jerom, and so forth Calmet.—People are said to be naked when they are almost so. 2 Kennicott. 6. John 21. Bible.—Yet “nothing is more honest than to obey God.” Saint Jerome Worthington.
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