Isaiah 19:25
for that the LORD of hosts hath blessed him, saying: 'Blessed be Egypt My people and Assyria the work of My hands, and Israel Mine inheritance.'
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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Numbers 6:27So shall they put My name upon the children of Israel, and I will bless them.'
Deuteronomy 32:9For the portion of the LORD is His people, Jacob the lot of His inheritance.
Psalms 100:3Know ye that the LORD He is God; it is He that hath made us, and we our His, His people, and the flock of His pasture.
Psalms 138:8The LORD will accomplish that which concerneth me; Thy mercy, O LORD, endureth for ever; forsake not the work of Thine own hands.
Isaiah 45:11Thus saith the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker: Ask Me of the things that are to come; concerning My sons, and concerning the work of My hands, command ye Me.
Isaiah 61:9And their seed shall be known among the nations, and their offspring among the peoples; all that see them shall acknowledge them, that they are the seed which the LORD hath blessed.
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 19:19-25
Promises to Egypt. ( b. c. 710.) 18 In that day shall five cities in the land of Egypt speak the language of Canaan, and swear to the Lord of hosts; one shall be called, The city of destruction. 19 In that day shall there be an altar to the Lord in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a pillar at the border thereof to the Lord . 20 And it shall be for a sign and for a witness unto the Lord of hosts in the land of Egypt: for they shall cry unto the Lord because of the oppressors, and he shall send them a saviour,… Read the whole commentary →