Isaiah 20

¹In the year that the commander in chief , who was sent by Sargon the king of Assyria , came to Ashdod and fought against it and captured it—

²at that time the Lord spoke by Isaiah the son of Amoz , saying , Go , and loose the sackcloth from your waist and take off your sandals from your feet , and he did so , walking naked and barefoot .

³Then the Lord said , As my servant Isaiah has walked naked and barefoot for three years as a sign and a portent against Egypt and Cush ,

⁴so shall the king of Assyria lead away the Egyptian captives and the Cushite exiles , both the young and the old , naked and barefoot , with buttocks uncovered , the nakedness of Egypt .

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

⁶And the inhabitants of this coastland will say in that day , Behold , this is what has happened to those in whom we hoped and to whom we fled for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria ! And we, how shall we escape ?