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Isaiah 20

¹In the year that the Tartan [the Assyrian commander in chief] came to Ashdod [in Philistia], when Sargon king of Assyria sent him and he fought against Ashdod and captured it,

²at that time the LORD spoke through Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, "Go, untie the[1] sackcloth from your hips and take your sandals off your feet." And he did so, walking around[2] stripped [to his loincloth] and barefoot.

³And the LORD said, "Even as My servant Isaiah has walked[3] stripped and barefoot for three years as a sign and forewarning concerning Egypt and Cush (Ethiopia),

⁴in the same way the king of Assyria will lead away the Egyptian captives and the Cushite exiles, young and old, stripped and barefoot, even with buttocks uncovered—to the[4] shame of Egypt.

⁵Then they will be dismayed and ashamed because of Cush their hope and Egypt their boast.

⁶So the inhabitants of this coastland [the Israelites and their neighbors] will say in that day, 'Look what has happened to those in whom we hoped and trusted and to whom we fled for help to be spared from the king of Assyria! But we, how will we escape [captivity and exile]?'"