And the Lord said, “Even as My servant Isaiah has gone naked and barefoot three years as a [a](A)sign and token against Egypt and [b](B)Cush, so the (C)king of Assyria will lead away the captives of Egypt and the exiles of Cush, (D)young and old, naked and barefoot with buttocks uncovered, to the [c]shame of Egypt. Then they will be (E)dismayed and ashamed because of Cush their hope and Egypt their (F)boast. So the inhabitants of this coastland will say in that day, ‘Behold, such is our hope, where we fled (G)for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria; and we, (H)how shall we escape?’”

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 20:3 Or wonder
  2. Isaiah 20:3 Or Ethiopia, so in vv 4, 5
  3. Isaiah 20:4 Lit nakedness