CHAPTER 20
Before the year
that the chief commander,
sent
by Sargon
king
of Assyria,
came
to Ashdod
and attacked
and captured it,
the LORD
had already spoken
through
Isaiah
son
of Amoz,
saying,
“Go,
remove
the sackcloth
from
your waist
and
the sandals
from your feet.”
And Isaiah did
so,
walking around
naked
and barefoot.
Then the LORD
said,
“Just as
My servant
Isaiah
has gone
naked
and barefoot
for three
years,
as a sign
and omen
against
Egypt
and Cush,
so
the king
of Assyria
will lead away
the captives
of Egypt
and the exiles
of Cush,
young
and old alike,
naked
and barefoot,
with bared
buttocks—
to Egypt’s
shame.
And on that
day
the dwellers
of this
coastland
will say,
‘See
what has happened
to our source of hope,
those to whom
we fled
for help
and deliverance
from
the king
of Assyria!
How then
can we
escape?’”