3Yahweh said, |As my servant Isaiah has walked naked and barefoot three years for a sign and a wonder concerning Egypt and concerning Ethiopia,


In Context

1 In the year that Tartan came to Ashdod, when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him, and he fought against Ashdod and took it;

2 at that time Yahweh spoke by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, |Go, and loosen the sackcloth from off your waist, and take your shoes from off your feet.| He did so, walking naked and barefoot.

3 Yahweh said, |As my servant Isaiah has walked naked and barefoot three years for a sign and a wonder concerning Egypt and concerning Ethiopia,

4 so the king of Assyria will 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.

5 They will be dismayed and confounded, because of Ethiopia their expectation, and of Egypt their glory.

Isaiah 20:3 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:3And 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;

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

20:3Then 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,

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

20:3And the Lord said: As my servant Isaias hath walked, naked and barefoot, it shall be a sign and a wonder of three years upon Egypt, and upon Ethiopia,

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

20:3And 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;

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:3And Jehovah said, Like as my servant Isaiah hath walked naked and barefoot three years, a sign and a wonder concerning Egypt and concerning Ethiopia,

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

20:3And the LORD said, Like as my servant Isaiah hath walked naked and barefoot three years for a sign and a wonder upon Egypt and upon Ethiopia;

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:3And the LORD said, As my servant Isaiah hath walked naked and barefoot three years for a sign and wonder upon Egypt and upon Cush;

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

20:3And Jehovah saith, 'As My servant Isaiah hath gone naked and barefoot three years, a sign and a wonder for Egypt and for Cush,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:3And the LORD said, Like as my servant Isaiah has walked naked and barefoot three years for a sign and wonder on Egypt and on Ethiopia;