Isaiah 20

The Sign Against Egypt and Ethiopia

1 In the year that *2 Kin. 18:17Tartan came to Ashdod, when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him, and he fought against Ashdod and took it, 2 at the same time the Lord spoke by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, "Go, and remove *Zech. 13:4; Matt. 3:4the sackcloth from your body, and take your sandals off your feet." And he did so, *1 Sam. 19:24; Mic. 1:8walking naked and barefoot.

3 Then the Lord said, "Just as My servant Isaiah has walked naked and barefoot three years *Is. 8:18for a sign and a wonder against Egypt and Ethiopia, 4 so shall the *Is. 19:4king of Assyria lead away the Egyptians as prisoners and the Ethiopians as captives, young and old, naked and barefoot, *2 Sam. 10:4; Is. 3:17; Jer. 13:22; Mic. 1:11with their buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt. 5 *2 Kin. 18:21; Is. 30:3–5; 31:1; Ezek. 29:6, 7Then they shall be afraid and ashamed of Ethiopia their expectation and Egypt their glory. 6 And the inhabitant of this territory will say in that day, ‘Surely such is our expectation, wherever we flee for *Is. 30:5, 7help to be delivered from the king of Assyria; and how shall we escape?’ "