1 In the year the commander in chief came to Ashdod, sent by Sargon king of Assyria, and fought against Ashdod and took it,
2 at that time the LORD spoke through Isaiah son of Amoz: "Go, untie the sackcloth from around your waist and pull the sandals off your feet." He did so, and went about naked and barefoot.
3 Then the LORD said, "Just as my servant Isaiah has gone naked and barefoot for three years, a sign and an omen concerning Egypt and Cush,
4 so the king of Assyria will march off the captives of Egypt and the exiles of Cush, young and old alike, naked and barefoot, their buttocks uncovered, to Egypt's shame.
5 Those who looked to Cush for hope and boasted in Egypt will be terrified and disgraced.
6 On that day the people who live on this coast will say, 'Look what has happened to those we hoped in, the ones we ran to for help and rescue from the king of Assyria! How can we escape now?'"