1 The Sign Against Egypt and Ethiopia In the year that 2 Kin. 18:17 Tartan came to Ashdod, when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him, and he fought against Ashdod and took it,
2 at the same time the Lord spoke by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, “Go, and remove Zech. 13:4; Matt. 3:4 the sackcloth from your body, and take your sandals off your feet.” And he did so, 1 Sam. 19:24; Mic. 1:8 walking naked and barefoot.
3 Then the Lord said, “Just as My servant Isaiah has walked naked and barefoot three years Is. 8:18 for a sign and a wonder against Egypt and Ethiopia,
4 so shall the Is. 19:4 king of Assyria lead away the Egyptians as prisoners and the Ethiopians as captives, young and old, naked and barefoot, 2 Sam. 10:4; Is. 3:17; Jer. 13:22; Mic. 1:11 with their buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt.
5 2 Kin. 18:21; Is. 30:3–5; 31:1; Ezek. 29:6, 7 Then they shall be afraid and ashamed of Ethiopia their expectation and Egypt their glory.
6 And the inhabitant of this territory will say in that day, ‘Surely such is our expectation, wherever we flee for Is. 30:5, 7 help to be delivered from the king of Assyria; and how shall we escape?’ ”