Isa 20:3-6, 30:2-3, 31:1 | ESV | STEP | Then the Lord said , As my servant Isaiah has walked naked and barefoot for three years as a sign and a portent against Egypt and Cush ,

Isaiah 20:3-6

3 Then the Lord said, “As my servant Isaiah has walked naked and barefoot for three years ^aas a sign and a portent against Egypt and Cush, ^{▼▼Probably Nubia} 4 so shall the ^cking of Assyria lead away the Egyptian captives and the Cushite exiles, both the young and the old, naked and barefoot, with buttocks uncovered, the nakedness of Egypt. 5 ^dThen they shall be dismayed and ashamed because of Cush their hope and of Egypt their boast. 6 And the inhabitants of ^ethis coastland will say in that day, ‘Behold, this is what has happened to those in whom we hoped and ^fto whom we fled for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria! And we, how shall we escape?’”

Isaiah 30:2-3

2 ^gwho set out to go down to Egypt,
without asking for my direction,
to take refuge in the protection of Pharaoh
and to seek shelter in the shadow of Egypt!
3 ^hTherefore shall the protection of Pharaoh turn to your shame,
and the shelter in the shadow of Egypt to your humiliation.

Isaiah 31:1

Woe to Those Who Go Down to Egypt

1 Woe to ⁱthose who go down to Egypt for help
and rely on horses,
who ^jtrust in chariots because they are many
and in horsemen because they are very strong,
but ^kdo not look to the Holy One of Israel
or consult the Lord!