Isaiah 20:2-4

Amplified Bible

²at that time the Lord spoke through Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, “Go, untie the ^[a]sackcloth from your hips and take your sandals off your feet.” And he did so, walking around ^[b]stripped [to his loincloth] and barefoot.^(A) ³And the Lord said, “Even as My servant Isaiah has walked ^[c]stripped and barefoot for three years as a sign and forewarning concerning Egypt and Cush (Ethiopia), ⁴in the same way the king of Assyria will lead away the Egyptian captives and the Cushite exiles, young and old, stripped and barefoot, even with buttocks uncovered—to the ^[d]shame of Egypt.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

Isaiah 20:2 A coarse cloth usually made of goat hair or camel hair and worn as a sign of mourning, or worn by prophets.
Isaiah 20:2 Or naked. The Hebrew can refer to someone completely naked, or only stripped to the underwear (i.e. a loincloth); see note v 4. The ancient rabbis were particularly sensitive to the issue, and some maintained (contrary to the text) that Isaiah was wearing worn-out clothes and patched shoes or sandals.
Isaiah 20:3 Stripping off the outer garments was an act symbolizing disgrace and humiliation.
Isaiah 20:4 Lit nakedness. As noted for v 2, the Hebrew can refer to complete nakedness or to being stripped to the underwear. A loincloth might leave the buttocks exposed to a greater or lesser extent.