Isaiah 20
1 In the year when Tanathan came to
Azotus, when he was sent by Arna king of the Assyrians, and warred against
Azotus, and took it; 2 then the Lord
spoke to Isaiah the son of Amos, saying, Go and take the sackcloth off thy
loins, and loose thy sandals from off thy feet, and do thus, going naked and
barefoot. 3 And the Lord said, As my
servant Isaiah has walked naked and barefoot three years, there shall be three
years for signs and wonders to the Egyptians and Ethiopians;
4 for thus shall the king of the
Assyrians lead the captivity of Egypt and the Ethiopians, young men and old,
naked and barefoot, having the shame of Egypt exposed.
5 And the Egyptians being defeated
shall be ashamed of the Ethiopians, in whom they had trusted; for they were
their glory. 6 And they that dwell in
this island shall say in that day, Behold, we trusted to flee to them for
help, who could not save themselves from the king of the Assyrians: and how
shall we be saved?