Isaiah 20

1 Before the year that the chief commander, sent by Sargon king of Assyria, came to Ashdod and attacked and captured it,

2 the LORD had already spoken through Isaiah son of Amoz, saying, “Go, remove the sackcloth from your waist and the sandals from your feet.” And Isaiah did so, walking around naked and barefoot.

3 Then the LORD said, “Just as My servant Isaiah has gone naked and barefoot for three years as a sign and omen against Egypt and Cush,

4 so the king of Assyria will lead away the captives of Egypt and the exiles of Cush, young and old alike, naked and barefoot, with bared buttocks—to Egypt’s shame.

5 Those who made Cush their hope and Egypt their boast will be dismayed and ashamed.

6 And on that day the dwellers of this coastland will say, ‘See what has happened to our source of hope, those to whom we fled for help and deliverance from the king of Assyria! How then can we escape?’”

1 ¶ In the year that Tartan came unto Ashdod, (when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him,) and fought against Ashdod, and took it;

2 At the same time spake the LORD by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, Go and loose the sackcloth from off thy loins, and put off thy shoe from thy foot. And he did so, walking naked and barefoot.

3 And the LORD said, Like as my servant Isaiah hath walked naked and barefoot three years [for] a sign and wonder upon Egypt and upon Ethiopia;

4 So shall the king of Assyria lead away the Egyptians prisoners, and the Ethiopians captives, young and old, naked and barefoot, even with [their] buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt.

5 And they shall be afraid and ashamed of Ethiopia their expectation, and of Egypt their glory.

6 And the inhabitant of this isle shall say in that day, Behold, such [is] our expectation, whither we flee for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria: and how shall we escape?

1 In the year that Tartan came to Ashdod, when Sargon king of Assyria had sent him, he fought against Ashdod, and took them,

2 At that time the LORD spake by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, Go, take off thy sackcloth from off thy loins, and put off thy shoes from off thy feet. And he did so, walking naked and barefooted.

3 And the LORD said, As my servant Isaiah goeth naked and barefooted for a sign and for a wonder of three years over Egypt and over the land of Moor,

4 So shall the king of Assyria drive captive Egypt, and drive out the land of the Moors, both young and old, naked and barefooted, with naked shame, to the shame of Egypt.

5 And they shall be afraid, and shall stand in shame upon the land of the Moors, whereon they trusted, and again the land of the Moors upon the Egyptians, whom they boasted of.

6 And the inhabitants of these isles shall say in that day, Is this our hope, when we fled for help, that we might be delivered from the king of Assyria? How well we have escaped!