at that timethe LORDspokethroughIsaiahthe sonof Amoz,saying,"Goand loosenthe sackclothfrom your hipsand takeyour shoesoffyour feet."And he didso,goingnakedand barefoot.
And Davidwentup the ascentof the [Mount of] Olives,and weptas he went,and his headwas coveredand he walkedbarefoot.Then allthe peoplewhowere with him eachcoveredhis headand wentup weepingas they went.
But when Davidreturnedto blesshis household,Michalthe daughterof Saulcameout to meetDavidand said,"Howthe kingof Israeldistinguishedhimself today!He uncoveredhimself todayin the eyesof his servants'maidsas oneof the foolishonesshamelesslyuncovershimself!"
They answeredhim, "[He was] a hairymanwith a leathergirdleboundabout his loins."And he said,"It is Elijahthe Tishbite."
You have turnedfor me my mourninginto dancing;You have loosedmy sackclothand girdedme with gladness,
Then He said,"Do not comenearhere;removeyour sandalsfrom your feet,for the placeon whichyou are standingis holyground."
The visionof Isaiahthe sonof AmozconcerningJudahand Jerusalem,whichhe sawduring the reignsof Uzziah,Jotham,Ahaz[and] Hezekiah,kingsof Judah.
The oracleconcerning BabylonwhichIsaiahthe sonof Amozsaw.
Then he sentEliakimwhowas overthe householdwith Shebnathe scribeand the eldersof the priests,coveredwith sackcloth,to Isaiahthe prophet,the sonof Amoz.
"For everyheadis baldand everybeardcutshort;there are gasheson allthe handsand sackclothon the loins.
"Groansilently;makenomourningfor the dead.Bindon your turbanand putyour shoeson your feet,and do not cover[your] mustacheand do not eatthe breadof men."
Your turbanswill be on your headsand your shoeson your feet.You will not mournand you will not weep,but you will rotawayin your iniquitiesand you will groanto oneanother.
"Now you sonof man,getyourself a brick,placeit beforeyou and inscribea cityon it, Jerusalem.
"For I have assignedyou a numberof dayscorresponding to the yearsof their iniquity,threehundredand ninetydays;thus you shall bearthe iniquityof the houseof Israel.
Goon your way,inhabitantof Shaphir,in shamefulnakedness.The inhabitantof Zaanandoes not escape.The lamentationof Beth-ezel:"He will takefrom you its support."
Becauseof thisI must lamentand wail,I must gobarefootand naked;I must makea lamentlike the jackalsAnd a mourninglike the ostriches.
"Also it will comeabout in that daythat the prophetswill eachbe ashamedof his visionwhen he prophesies,and they will not puton a hairyrobein orderto deceive;
ThenJesussaidto His disciples,"Ifanyonewishesto comeafterMe, he must denyhimself,and takeup his crossand followMe.
NowJohnhimselfhada garmentof camel'shairand a leatherbeltaroundhis waist;and his foodwas locustsand wildhoney.
Thereforethat disciplewhomJesuslovedsaidto Peter,"It is the Lord."Sowhen SimonPeterheardthat it was the Lord,he puthis outer garmenton (for he was stripped[for work]), and threwhimselfinto the sea.
And the man,in whomwas the evilspirit,leapedon them and subduedallof them and overpoweredthem, sothat they fledout of that housenakedand wounded.
And comingto us, he tookPaul'sbeltand boundhis ownfeetand hands,and said,"This is whatthe HolySpiritsays:'In this waythe Jewsat Jerusalemwill bindthe manwhoownsthisbeltand deliverhim into the handsof the Gentiles.'"
The captainof the LORD'Shostsaidto Joshua,"Removeyour sandalsfrom your feet,for the placewhereyou are standingis holy."And Joshuadidso.
"And I will grant[authority] to my twowitnesses,and they will prophesyfor twelvehundredand sixtydays,clothedin sackcloth."
He alsostrippedoffhis clothes,and he tooprophesiedbeforeSamueland laydownnakedallthat dayand allthat night.Thereforethey say,"Is Saulalsoamong the prophets?"
