1 I n the year that the Tartan came to Ashdod in Philistia, sent by Sargon king of Assyria, he fought against Ashdod and took it.

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

2 A t that time the Lord spoke by Isaiah son of Amoz, saying, Go, loose the sackcloth from off your loins and take your shoes off your feet. And he had done so, walking around stripped and barefoot.

at the same time the LORD spoke 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.

3 A nd the Lord said, As My servant Isaiah has walked naked and barefoot for three years, as a sign and forewarning concerning Egypt and concerning Cush (Ethiopia),

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

4 S o shall the king of Assyria lead away the Egyptian captives and the Ethiopian exiles, young and old, naked and barefoot, even with buttocks uncovered—to the shame of Egypt.

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.

5 A nd they shall be dismayed and confounded because of Ethiopia their hope and expectation and Egypt their glory and boast.

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

6 A nd the inhabitants of this coastland will say in that day, See! This is what comes to those in whom we trusted and hoped, to whom we fled for help to deliver us from the king of Assyria! But we, how shall we escape ?

And the inhabitant of this isle shall say in that day, Behold, such was our hope which we clung to for help that we might be free from the presence of the king of Assyria. How shall we escape?