Chapter 20

In the year that Tartan came² unto Ashdod, (when Sargon the king of Assyria sent² him,) and fought¹¹ against Ashdod, and took⁴ it;

At the same time spake¹⁴ the LORD by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying,² Go³ and loose¹⁴ the sackcloth from off thy loins, and put off⁴ thy shoe from thy foot. And he did⁴ so, walking² naked and barefoot.

And the LORD said,⁴ Like as my servant Isaiah hath walked¹ naked and barefoot three years [for] a sign and wonder upon Egypt and upon Ethiopia;

So shall the king of Assyria lead away⁴ the Egyptians prisoners, and the Ethiopians captives, young and old, naked and barefoot, even with [their] buttocks uncovered,⁷ to the shame of Egypt.

And they shall be afraid¹ and ashamed¹ of Ethiopia their expectation, and of Egypt their glory.

And the inhabitant⁶ of this isle shall say¹ in that day, Behold, such [is] our expectation, whither we flee¹ for help to be delivered⁹ from the king of Assyria: and how shall we escape?¹¹