Isaiah 20

A Prophecy About Egypt and Ethiopia

1In the year that the #20:1 Heb Tartancommander came to Ashdod, when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him and he fought against Ashdod and captured it, 2at that time Yahweh spoke by the hand of Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, “Go and loosen the sackcloth from your hips and take your shoes off your feet.” And he did so, going naked and barefoot. 3And Yahweh said, “Even as My servant Isaiah has gone naked and barefoot three years as a sign and wonder against Egypt and #20:3 Or Cush, so in vv 4, 5, cf. Gen 10:6Ethiopia, 4so the king of Assyria will lead away the captives of Egypt and the exiles of Ethiopia, young and old, naked and barefoot with buttocks uncovered, to the #20:4 Lit nakednessshame of Egypt. 5Then they will be dismayed and ashamed because of Ethiopia their hope and Egypt their boast. 6So the inhabitants of this coastland will say in that day, ‘Behold, such is our hope, where we fled for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria; and we, how shall we escape?’ ”

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Isaiah 20

A Message about Egypt and Ethiopia

1In the year when King Sargon of Assyria sent his commander in chief to capture the Philistine city of Ashdod,#20:1 Ashdod was captured by Assyria in 711 b.c. 2the Lord told Isaiah son of Amoz, “Take off the burlap you have been wearing, and remove your sandals.” Isaiah did as he was told and walked around naked and barefoot.

3Then the Lord said, “My servant Isaiah has been walking around naked and barefoot for the last three years. This is a sign—a symbol of the terrible troubles I will bring upon Egypt and Ethiopia.#20:3 Hebrew Cush; also in 20:5. 4For the king of Assyria will take away the Egyptians and Ethiopians#20:4 Hebrew Cushites. as prisoners. He will make them walk naked and barefoot, both young and old, their buttocks bared, to the shame of Egypt. 5Then the Philistines will be thrown into panic, for they counted on the power of Ethiopia and boasted of their allies in Egypt! 6They will say, ‘If this can happen to Egypt, what chance do we have? We were counting on Egypt to protect us from the king of Assyria.’”

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