nsb - Isaiah:20

nsb@Isaiah:20:1 @ The supreme commander, sent by Sargon king of Assyria, fought against Ashdod and captured it.

nsb@Isaiah:20:2 @ At that time Jehovah spoke through Isaiah son of Amoz. He said to him: »Take off the sackcloth from your body and the sandals from your feet.« He did this and went around stripped and barefoot.

nsb@Isaiah:20:3 @ Jehovah said: »Just as my servant Isaiah has gone stripped and barefoot for three years, as a sign and portent against Egypt and Cush,

nsb@Isaiah:20:4 @ so the king of Assyria will lead away stripped and barefoot the Egyptian captives and Cushite exiles, young and old, with buttocks bared to Egypts shame.

nsb@Isaiah:20:5 @ »Those who trusted in Cush and boasted in Egypt will be afraid and put to shame.

nsb@Isaiah:20:6 @ »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?«