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In the year that the supreme commander, sent by Sargon king of Assyria, came to
Ashdod and attacked and captured it -
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at that time the LORD spoke through Isaiah son of Amoz. He said to him, "Take off
the sackcloth from your body and the sandals from your feet." And he did so, going
around stripped and barefoot.
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Then the LORD said, "Just as my servant Isaiah has gone stripped and barefoot for
three years, as a sign and portent against Egypt and Cush,
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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.
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Those who trusted in Cush and boasted in Egypt will be afraid and put to shame.
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In that day the people who live on this coast will say, 'See 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?' "
