Chapter 20
1 In the year that Tartan came to Ashdod, when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him , and he fought against Ashdod and took it ;
2 at that time the LORD spoke by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying , " Go , and loosen the sackcloth from off your waist , and take your sandals from off your feet ." He did so , walking naked and barefoot .
3 The LORD said, " As my servant Isaiah has walked naked and barefoot three years for a sign and a wonder concerning Egypt and concerning Ethiopia ,
4 so the king of Assyria will lead away the captives of Egypt and the exiles of Ethiopia , young and old , naked and barefoot , and with buttocks uncovered , to the shame of Egypt .
5 They will be dismayed and confounded, because of Ethiopia their expectation , and of Egypt their glory .
6 The inhabitants of this coast land will say in that day , ‘ Behold , this is our expectation , where we fled for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria. And we , how will we escape ?’"