¹In the year that Tartan came to Ashdod, when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him , and he fought against Ashdod and took it ;

²at 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 .

³The LORD said, “As my servant Isaiah has walked naked and barefoot three years for a sign and a wonder concerning Egypt and concerning Ethiopia ,

⁴so 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 .

⁵They will be dismayed and confounded, because of Ethiopia their expectation , and of Egypt their glory .

⁶The 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 ?’”