Isaiah 20

In the year that Tartan came unto Ashdod, (when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him,) and fought against Ashdod, and took it;

In the year when Tartan, sent by King Sargon of Assyria, arrived in Ashdod, he waged a fierce battle and successfully captured the city.

At the same time spake the LORD by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, Go and loose the sackcloth from off thy loins, and put off thy shoe from thy foot. And he did so, walking naked and barefoot.

In that moment, God spoke through Isaiah, son of Amoz, instructing, "Remove your rough clothing and shoes." And so, he did, walking barefoot and unclothed.

And the LORD said, Like as my servant Isaiah hath walked naked and barefoot three years for a sign and wonder upon Egypt and upon Ethiopia;

The LORD declared, "Just as my loyal servant Isaiah has roamed barefoot and unclothed for three long years as a living sign and a warning against Egypt and Ethiopia,

So shall the king of Assyria lead away the Egyptians prisoners, and the Ethiopians captives, young and old, naked and barefoot, even with their buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt.

The Assyrian king will shamefully parade the captured Egyptians and Ethiopians, stripped of dignity and clothes, regardless of their age.

And they shall be afraid and ashamed of Ethiopia their expectation, and of Egypt their glory.

They will tremble in fear and feel deep shame for placing their hopes in Ethiopia and their pride in Egypt.

And the inhabitant of this isle shall say in that day, Behold, such is our expectation, whither we flee for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria: and how shall we escape?

The people of this coastland will cry out, "Look what has become of our hope, those we ran to for help against the Assyrian king! How can we possibly escape now?"