Isaiah 20  Legacy Standard Bible

A Prophecy About Egypt and Ethiopia

20 In the year that the ^[a](A)commander came to ^(B)Ashdod, when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him and he fought against Ashdod and captured it, ² at that time Yahweh spoke by the hand of ^(C)Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, “Go and loosen the ^(D)sackcloth from your hips and take your ^(E)shoes off your feet.” And he did so, going ^(F)naked and barefoot. ³ And Yahweh said, “Even as My servant Isaiah has gone naked and barefoot three years as a ^(G)sign and wonder against Egypt and ^[b](H)Ethiopia, ⁴ so the ^(I)king of Assyria will lead away the captives of Egypt and the exiles of Ethiopia, ^(J)young and old, naked and barefoot with buttocks uncovered, to the ^[c]shame of Egypt. ⁵ Then they will be ^(K)dismayed and ashamed because of Ethiopia their hope and Egypt their ^(L)boast. ⁶ So the inhabitants of this coastland will say in that day, ‘Behold, such is our hope, where we fled ^(M)for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria; and we, ^(N)how shall we escape?’”