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 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?’ ”