1. Isaiah 20:6 (ESV)
  2. Exposition

Who are the inhabitants of this coastland?

Isaiah 20:6 (ESV)

6 And the inhabitants of this coastland will say in that day, ‘Behold, this is what has happened to those in whom we hoped and to whom we fled for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria! And we, how shall we escape?’”

This phrase indicates people living on the coast of Palestine; “this” is used to distinguish it from the coast of Egypt.

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