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Reference: Barefoot
Easton
To go barefoot was a sign of great distress (Isa 20:2-3,4), or of some great calamity having fallen on a person (2Sa 15:30).
To go barefoot was a sign of great distress (Isa 20:2-3,4), or of some great calamity having fallen on a person (2Sa 15:30).
And David went up the slopes of the Mount of Olives weeping all the way, with his head covered and no shoes on his feet: and all the people who were with him, covering their heads, went up weeping.
At that time the word of the Lord came to Isaiah, the son of Amoz, saying, Go, and take off your robe, and your shoes from your feet; and he did so, walking unclothed and without shoes on his feet. And the Lord said, As my servant Isaiah has gone unclothed and without shoes for three years as a sign and a wonder to Egypt and Ethiopia, read more. So will the king of Assyria take away the prisoners of Egypt and those forced out of Ethiopia, young and old, unclothed and without shoes, and with backs uncovered, to the shame of Egypt.
Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain