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 of the coming in of Tartan to Ashdod, when Sargon king of Asshur sendeth him, and he fighteth against Ashdod, and captureth 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 that time spake Jehovah by the hand of Isaiah son of Amoz, saying, `Go, and thou hast loosed the sackcloth from off thy loins, and thy sandal thou dost draw from off thy foot,' and he doth so, going 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 Jehovah saith, `As My servant Isaiah hath gone naked and barefoot three years, a sign and a wonder for Egypt and for Cush,

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 doth the king of Asshur lead the captivity of Egypt, and the removal of Cush, young and old, naked and barefoot, with seat uncovered -- the nakedness 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 have been affrighted and ashamed of Cush their confidence, and of Egypt their beauty,

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 hath said in that day -- Lo, thus our trust, Whither we have fled for help, To be delivered from the king of Asshur, And how do we escape -- we?'