20In the year the commander-in-chief came^a to Ashdod, when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him, and he fought against Ashdod and he took it, ²at that time, Yahweh had spoken by the hand of Isaiah son of Amoz, saying,

“Go and loosen the sackcloth from your loins,

and take off your sandals^b from your feet,”

and he had done so, walking naked and barefoot.

³Then^c Yahweh said, “Just as my servant Isaiah has walked naked and barefoot three years as a sign and a portent against Egypt and Cush, ⁴so shall the king of Assyria lead the captives^d of Egypt and the exiles of Cush, young and old, naked and barefoot, with bared buttocks,^e the shame of Egypt.

⁵And they shall be dismayed,

and they shall be ashamed

because of Cush, their hope,

and because of Egypt, their pride.

⁶And the inhabitant^f of the coastland will say this on that day:

‘Look! This is our hope to whom we fled for help, to be delivered from^g the king of Assyria, and how shall we escape?’ ”

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Footnotes

aLiterally “of the coming of the commander in chief”
bHebrew “sandal”
cOr “And”
dHebrew “captive”
eLiterally “and bare of buttocks”
fHebrew “inhabitant”
gLiterally “from the face of”