20 In
the year that Tartan came unto Ashdod, (when Sargon the king of Assyria
sent him,) and fought against Ashdod, and took it; 2 At
the same time spake the LORD by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, Go and
loose the sackcloth from off thy loins, and put off thy shoe from thy
foot. And he did so, walking naked and barefoot. 3 And
the LORD said, Like as my servant Isaiah hath walked naked and barefoot
three years for a sign and wonder upon Egypt and upon Ethiopia;
4 So shall the
king of Assyria lead away the Egyptians prisoners, and the Ethiopians captives,
young and old, naked and barefoot, even with their buttocks uncovered, to
the shame of Egypt. 5 And
they shall be afraid and ashamed of Ethiopia their expectation, and of Egypt
their glory. 6 And
the inhabitant of this isle shall say in that day, Behold, such is our expectation,
whither we flee for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria: and how
shall we escape?
