¹In the year that Sargon the king of Ashur sent his commander-in-chief to attack Ashdod, he captured it.

²It was at that time that Adonai , speaking through Yesha‘yahu the son of Amotz, said, “Go and unwind the sackcloth from around your waist, and take your sandals off your feet.” So he did it, going about unclothed and barefoot.

³In time, Adonai said,

“Just as my servant Yesha‘yahu

has gone about unclothed and barefoot

for three years as a sign and portent

against Egypt and Ethiopia,

⁴so will the king of Ashur lead away

the captives of Egypt and the exiles of Ethiopia,

young and old, unclothed and barefoot,

with their buttocks exposed, to the shame of Egypt.

⁵They will be dismayed and ashamed

because of Ethiopia their hope and Egypt their pride.

⁶On that day, the people living

along this coast will say,

‘Look what happened to the people

to whom we fled for help,

hoping they would rescue us

from the king of Ashur!

How will we escape now?’”