A Sign against Egypt and Cush

1In the year of the coming of Tartan to Ashdod, when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him, then he fought against Ashdod and captured it. 2At the time that YHWH spoke by the hand of Isaiah son of Amoz, saying, “Go and remove the sackcloth from your body, and draw off your sandals from your feet.”

And he did so, walking naked and barefoot.

3And YHWH said, “As My servant Isaiah has walked naked and barefoot three years as a sign and a wonder against Egypt and against Cush,† 4so the king of Assyria will lead away the captive of Egypt and the exile of Cush—young and old—naked and barefoot, and their buttocks uncovered, the nakedness of Egypt.

5And they will be dismayed and ashamed of Cush as their hope and Egypt as their glory. 6And the one dwelling on this seacoast will say in that day, ‘Behold, this was our hope, where we would flee there for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria. How then can we escape?’”