² at that time the Lord spoke through Isaiah son of Amoz.^(A) He said to him, “Take off the sackcloth^(B) from your body and the sandals^(C) from your feet.” And he did so, going around stripped^(D) and barefoot.^(E)

³ Then the Lord said, “Just as my servant^(F) Isaiah has gone stripped and barefoot for three years,^(G) as a sign^(H) and portent^(I) against Egypt^(J) and Cush,^{[a](K) 4} so the king^(L) of Assyria will lead away stripped^(M) and barefoot the Egyptian captives^(N) and Cushite^(O) exiles, young and old, with buttocks bared^(P)—to Egypt’s shame.^(Q)

Weeping and Mourning