Isaiah 20
1 In the year Tartan came to Ashdod, sent by Sargon king of Assyria, he fought against Ashdod and captured it.
2 At that time the LORD spoke through Isaiah son of Amoz: “Go, take the sackcloth off your waist and the sandals off your feet.” He did so, and went about naked and barefoot.
3 Then the LORD said: “My servant Isaiah has gone about naked and barefoot for three years as a sign and a warning against Egypt and Cush.
4 In the same way, the king of Assyria will lead away the Egyptian captives and the Cushite exiles, young and old, naked and barefoot, with their buttocks exposed, to Egypt’s shame.”
5 They will be terrified and ashamed because of Cush, their hope, and Egypt, their pride.
6 On that day, the people living on this coast will say: “Look what has happened to those we relied on, those to whom we fled for help to escape the king of Assyria! How will we escape?”
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