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A Prophecy Against Egypt and Cush

¹ In the year that the supreme commander,^(a) sent by Sargon king of Assyria, came to Ashdod^(b) and attacked and captured it— ² at that time the Lord spoke through Isaiah son of Amoz.^(c) He said to him, "Take off the sackcloth^(d) from your body and the sandals^(e) from your feet." And he did so, going around stripped^(f) and barefoot.^(g)

³ Then the Lord said, "Just as my servant^(h) Isaiah has gone stripped and barefoot for three years,⁽ⁱ⁾ as a sign^(j) and portent^(k) against Egypt^(l) and Cush,^{[a](m) 4} so the king⁽ⁿ⁾ of Assyria will lead away stripped^(o) and barefoot the Egyptian captives^(p) and Cushite^(q) exiles, young and old, with buttocks bared^(r)—to Egypt's shame.^{(s) 5} Those who trusted^(t) in Cush^(u) and boasted in Egypt^(v) will be dismayed and put to shame.^{(w) 6} In that day^(x) the people who live on this coast will say, ‘See what has happened^(y) to those we relied on,^(z) those we fled to for help^(aa) and deliverance from the king of Assyria! How then can we escape?^(ab)'"