Isaiah 20

1In the year that Tartan came to Ashdod, when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him, and he fought against Ashdod and took it;Cross-references: 1Sam 5:1 · 1Sam 6:17 · 2Ki 18:17 · Jer 25:20 · Jer 25:29 · Amos 1:8

2at that time Yahweh spoke by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, “Go, and loosen the sackcloth from off your waist, and take your sandals from off your feet.” He did so, walking naked and barefoot.Cross-references: Ex 3:5 · Josh 5:15 · 1Sam 19:24 · 2Sam 6:20 · 2Ki 1:8 · Job 1:20 · +14 more

3Yahweh said, “As my servant Isaiah has walked naked and barefoot three years for a sign and a wonder concerning Egypt and concerning Ethiopia,Cross-references: Num 14:34 · Isa 8:18 · Isa 18:1 · Isa 37:9 · Isa 43:3 · Ezek 4:5 · +1 more

4so the king of Assyria will lead away the captives of Egypt and the exiles of Ethiopia, young and old, naked and barefoot, and with buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt.Cross-references: 2Sam 10:4 · Isa 3:17 · Isa 19:4 · Isa 47:3 · Jer 13:22 · Jer 13:26 · +4 more

5They will be dismayed and confounded, because of Ethiopia their expectation, and of Egypt their glory.Cross-references: 2Ki 18:21 · Isa 2:22 · Isa 30:3 · Isa 30:5 · Isa 30:7 · Isa 36:6 · +4 more

6The inhabitants of this coast land will say in that day, ‘Behold, this is our expectation, where we fled for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria. And we, how will we escape?’”Cross-references: Job 6:20 · Job 22:30 · Isa 10:3 · Isa 28:17 · Isa 30:1 · Isa 30:15 · +6 more