2 (NIV) at that time the
LORD spoke through Isaiah son of Amoz. He said to him,
ÒTake off the sackcloth from your body and the sandals from
your feet.Ó And he did so, going around stripped and
barefoot. 3 Then the LORD said, ÒJust as my servant Isaiah has
gone stripped and barefoot for three years, as a sign and
portent against Egypt and Cush, 4 so the king of Assyria
will lead away stripped and barefoot the Egyptian
captives and Cushite exiles, young and old, with buttocks
bared–to Egypt's shame. 5 Those who trusted in Cush and
boasted in Egypt will be afraid and put to shame. 6 In
that day the people who live on this coast will say, ÔSee what
has happened to those we relied on, those we fled to for
help and deliverance from the king of Assyria! How then can
we escape?ÕÓ