A Sign regarding Egypt and Cush

¹ In the year ⌞the commander-in-chief came⌟¹ to Ashdod, when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him, and he fought against Ashdod and he took it,

1. Literally “of the coming of the commander in chief”

² at that time, Yahweh had spoken by the hand of Isaiah son of Amoz, saying, “Go and loosen the sackcloth from your loins, and take off your sandals¹ from your feet,” and he had done so, walking naked and barefoot.

1. Hebrew “sandal”

³ Then¹ Yahweh said, “Just as my servant Isaiah has walked naked and barefoot three years as a sign and a portent against Egypt and Cush,

1. Or “And”

⁴ so shall the king of Assyria lead the captives¹ of Egypt and the exiles of Cush, young and old, naked and barefoot, ⌞with bared buttocks⌟,² the shame of Egypt.

1. Hebrew “captive”
2. Literally “and bare of buttocks”

⁵ And they shall be dismayed, and they shall be ashamed because of Cush, their hope, and because of Egypt, their pride.

⁶ And the inhabitant¹ of the coastland will say this on that day: ‘Look! This is our hope to whom we fled for help, to be delivered ⌞from⌟² the king of Assyria, and how shall we escape?’ ”

1. Hebrew “inhabitant”
2. Literally “from the face of”