Ibn Ezra on Isaiah

Sargon. Either Sennacherib or another Assyrian king. Ashdod. A place belonging to the Philistines.

And loose the sackcloth, etc. This shows that the prophet wore sackcloth. It would be a strange thing that the prophet should have gone naked, as a sign for Egypt. I shall explain this circumstance, with the help of the Lord, at the beginning of the minor prophets (Hos. 1:1).

ומופת And an example. Comp. And Ezekiel shall be unto you an example (Ez. 24:24). שלש שנים וגו׳ Either in three years from that day, or three years, shall Egypt be in misfortune.

Ethiopia, that came to help them. וַחְַשׁוּפַי And my naked people. The first person refers either to the prophet, the people whose nakedness he indicated by going naked, or to God; the people whom God hath made bare. שת The back. Comp. 2 Sam. 10:14. ערות מצרים Either, To the shame of Egypt; or join וחשופי, mentioned before, also to ערות, so that ערות מצרים is in apposition to .שת

And they shall be afraid. The Israelites, that flee to Egypt, will fear. Their expectation. The country to which their eyes are directed for help. Their glory. Of whom—that is, of whose alliance—they were proud.

The inhabitant of this isle. The Israelites, who live in these islands near Egypt, will say, This has happened to those to whom we fled, etc.