LEB ISA Chapter 20

A Sign regarding Egypt and Cush

20 In the year ⌊the commander-in-chief came⌋[fn] to Ashdod, when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him, and he fought against Ashdod and he took it, 2 at 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[fn] from your feet,”
  
  

and he had done so, walking naked and barefoot.

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

• 5 And they shall be dismayed, and they shall be ashamed
• because of Cush, their hope,
  • and because of Egypt, their pride.
  
  

6 And the inhabitant[fn] of the coastland will say this on that day:‘Look! This is our hope to whom we fled for help, to be delivered ⌊from⌋[fn] the king of Assyria, and how shall we escape?’ ”