Isaiah 20

No Help from Cush or Egypt

20In the year that the chief commander, ^xsent by Sargon king of Assyria, came to Ashdod ^yand attacked and captured it— ²during that time the Lord had spoken through Isaiah ^zson of Amoz, saying, “Go, take off your sackcloth ^aand remove the sandals from your feet,” and he did so, going naked and barefoot ^b— ³the Lord said, “As My servant Isaiah has gone naked and barefoot three years as a sign and omen against Egypt and Cush, ^c4so the king of Assyria will lead the captives of Egypt ^dand the exiles of Cush, young and old alike, naked and barefoot, with bared buttocks—to Egypt’s shame. ⁵Those who made Cush their hope and Egypt their boast will be dismayed and ashamed. ^e6And the inhabitants of this coastland will say on that day, ‘Look, this is what has happened to those we relied on and fled to for help to rescue us from the king of Assyria! Now, how will we escape?’ ”