1In the year that Tartan came unto Ashdod, when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him , and he fought against Ashdod and took it ; 2at that time Jehovah spake by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying , Go , and loose the sackcloth from off thy loins , and put thy shoe from off thy foot . And he did so , walking naked and barefoot . 3And Jehovah said, Like as my servant Isaiah hath walked naked and barefoot three years for a sign and a wonder concerning Egypt and concerning Ethiopia ; 4so shall the king of Assyria 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 . 5And they shall be dismayed and confounded, because of Ethiopia their expectation , and of Egypt their glory . 6And the inhabitant of this coast-land shall say in that day , Behold , such is our expectation , whither we fled for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria: and we , how shall we escape ?