²⁴ The Lord Almighty has sworn,^(A)

¹⁶ In that day^(A) the Egyptians will become weaklings.^(B) They will shudder with fear^(C) at the uplifted hand^(D) that the Lord Almighty raises against them. ¹⁷ And the land of Judah will bring terror to the Egyptians; everyone to whom Judah is mentioned will be terrified,^(E) because of what the Lord Almighty is planning^(F) against them.

¹⁸ In that day^(G) five cities^(H) in Egypt will speak the language of Canaan and swear allegiance^(I) to the Lord Almighty. One of them will be called the City of the Sun.^[a](J)

¹⁹ In that day^(K) there will be an altar^(L) to the Lord in the heart of Egypt,^(M) and a monument^(N) to the Lord at its border. ²⁰ It will be a sign and witness^(O) to the Lord Almighty in the land of Egypt. When they cry out to the Lord because of their oppressors, he will send them a savior^(P) and defender, and he will rescue^(Q) them. ²¹ So the Lord will make himself known to the Egyptians, and in that day they will acknowledge^(R) the Lord. They will worship^(S) with sacrifices and grain offerings; they will make vows to the Lord and keep them.^{(T) 22} The Lord will strike^(U) Egypt with a plague;^(V) he will strike them and heal them. They will turn^(W) to the Lord, and he will respond to their pleas and heal^(X) them.

²³ In that day^(Y) there will be a highway^(Z) from Egypt to Assyria.^(AA) The Assyrians will go to Egypt and the Egyptians to Assyria. The Egyptians and Assyrians will worship^(AB) together. ²⁴ In that day^(AC) Israel will be the third, along with Egypt and Assyria,^(AD) a blessing^[b](AE) on the earth. ²⁵ The Lord Almighty will bless^(AF) them, saying, “Blessed be Egypt my people,^(AG) Assyria my handiwork,^(AH) and Israel my inheritance.^(AI)”

A Prophecy Against Egypt and Cush

20 In the year that the supreme commander,^(AJ) sent by Sargon king of Assyria, came to Ashdod^(AK) and attacked and captured it— ² at that time the Lord spoke through Isaiah son of Amoz.^(AL) He said to him, “Take off the sackcloth^(AM) from your body and the sandals^(AN) from your feet.” And he did so, going around stripped^(AO) and barefoot.^(AP)

³ Then the Lord said, “Just as my servant^(AQ) Isaiah has gone stripped and barefoot for three years,^(AR) as a sign^(AS) and portent^(AT) against Egypt^(AU) and Cush,^{[c](AV) 4} so the king^(AW) of Assyria will lead away stripped^(AX) and barefoot the Egyptian captives^(AY) and Cushite^(AZ) exiles, young and old, with buttocks bared^(BA)—to Egypt’s shame.^{(BB) 5} Those who trusted^(BC) in Cush^(BD) and boasted in Egypt^(BE) will be dismayed and put to shame.^{(BF) 6} In that day^(BG) the people who live on this coast will say, ‘See what has happened^(BH) to those we relied on,^(BI) those we fled to for help^(BJ) and deliverance from the king of Assyria! How then can we escape?^(BK)’”