Isaiah 20

The Sign Against Egypt and Ethiopia

20In the year that ^aTartan ¹came to Ashdod, when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him, and he fought against Ashdod and took it, ²at the same time the Lord spoke by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, “Go, and remove ^bthe sackcloth from your ²body, and take your sandals off your feet.” And he did so, ^cwalking naked and barefoot.

³Then the Lord said, “Just as My servant Isaiah has walked naked and barefoot three years ^dfor a sign and a wonder against Egypt and Ethiopia, ⁴so shall the ^eking of Assyria lead away the Egyptians as prisoners and the Ethiopians as captives, young and old, naked and barefoot, ^fwith their buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt. ^5gThen they shall be afraid and ashamed of Ethiopia their expectation and Egypt their glory. ⁶And the inhabitant of this territory will say in that day, ‘Surely such is our expectation, wherever we flee for ^hhelp to be delivered from the king of Assyria; and how shall we escape?’ ”