1In the year that Tartan came unto Ashdod , (when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him,) and fought against Ashdod , and took it; 2At the same time spake the LORD 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 . 3And the LORD said , Like as my servant Isaiah hath walked naked and barefoot three years for a sign and wonder upon Egypt and upon Ethiopia ; 4So 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 . 5And they shall be afraid and ashamed of Ethiopia their expectation , and of Egypt their glory . 6And the inhabitant of this isle shall say in that day , Behold, such is our expectation , whither we flee for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria : and how shall we escape ?