Is 20:1 In the year that the commander came to Ashdod, when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him and he fought against Ashdod and captured it,
Is 20:2 at that time the LORD spoke through Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, "Go and loosen the sackcloth from your hips and take your shoes off your feet." And he did so, going naked and barefoot.
Is 20:3 And the LORD said, "Even as My servant Isaiah has gone naked and barefoot three years as a sign and token against Egypt and Cush,
Is 20:4 so the king of Assyria will lead away the captives of Egypt and the exiles of Cush, young and old, naked and barefoot with buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt.
Is 20:5 "Then they will be dismayed and ashamed because of Cush their hope and Egypt their boast.
Is 21:1 The oracle concerning the wilderness of the sea. As windstorms in the Negev sweep on, It comes from the wilderness, from a terrifying land.
Is 21:2 A harsh vision has been shown to me; The treacherous one still deals treacherously, and the destroyer still destroys. Go up, Elam, lay siege, Media; I have made an end of all the groaning she has caused.
Is 21:3 For this reason my loins are full of anguish; Pains have seized me like the pains of a woman in labor. I am so bewildered I cannot hear, so terrified I cannot see.
Is 21:4 My mind reels, horror overwhelms me; The twilight I longed for has been turned for me into trembling.
Is 21:5 They set the table, they spread out the cloth, they eat, they drink; "Rise up, captains, oil the shields,"
Is 21:6 For thus the Lord says to me, "Go, station the lookout, let him report what he sees.
Is 21:7 "When he sees riders, horsemen in pairs, A train of donkeys, a train of camels, Let him pay close attention, very close attention."
Is 21:8 Then the lookout called, "O Lord, I stand continually by day on the watchtower, And I am stationed every night at my guard post.
Is 21:9 "Now behold, here comes a troop of riders, horsemen in pairs." And one said, "Fallen, fallen is Babylon; And all the images of her gods are shattered on the ground."
Is 21:10 O my threshed people, and my afflicted of the threshing floor! What I have heard from the LORD of hosts, The God of Israel, I make known to you.
Is 21:11 ¶ The oracle concerning Edom. One keeps calling to me from Seir, "Watchman, how far gone is the night? Watchman, how far gone is the night?"
Is 21:13 ¶ The oracle about Arabia. In the thickets of Arabia you must spend the night, O caravans of Dedanites.
Is 21:14 Bring water for the thirsty, O inhabitants of the land of Tema, Meet the fugitive with bread.
Is 21:15 For they have fled from the swords, From the drawn sword, and from the bent bow And from the press of battle.
Is 21:16 ¶ For thus the Lord said to me, "In a year, as a hired man would count it, all the splendor of Kedar will terminate;