King James Version (KJV)
Isaiah 20:5
“And they shall be afraid and ashamed of Ethiopia their expectation, and of Egypt their glory.”
Verse in context — Isaiah 20
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And 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;
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So shall the king of Assyria lead away the Egyptians prisoners, and the Ethiopians captives, young and old, naked and barefoot, even with [their] buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt.
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And they shall be afraid and ashamed of Ethiopia their expectation, and of Egypt their glory.
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And the inhabitant of this isle shall say in that day, Behold, such [is] our expectation, whither we flee for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria: and how shall we escape?
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