Isaiah 20

New King James Version

The Sign Against Egypt and Ethiopia

20 In the year that ^(A)Tartan^[a] 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 ^(B)the sackcloth from your ^[b]body, and take your sandals off your feet.” And he did so, ^(C)walking naked and barefoot.

³ Then the Lord said, “Just as My servant Isaiah has walked naked and barefoot three years ^(D)for a sign and a wonder against Egypt and Ethiopia, ⁴ so shall the ^(E)king of Assyria lead away the Egyptians as prisoners and the Ethiopians as captives, young and old, naked and barefoot, ^(F)with their buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt. ^5 (G)Then 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 ^(H)help to be delivered from the king of Assyria; and how shall we escape?’ ”