Isaiah 19:25
In that Jehovah of Hosts did bless it, saying, 'Blessed [is] My people — Egypt, And the work of My hands — Asshur, And Mine inheritance — Israel!'
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
24In that day is Israel third, After Egypt, and after Asshur, A blessing in the heart of the earth.
Cross References
Numbers 6:27'And they have put My name upon the sons of Israel, and I — I do bless them.'
Deuteronomy 32:9For Jehovah's portion [is] His people, Jacob [is] the line of His inheritance.
Psalms 100:3Know that Jehovah He [is] God, He made us, and we are His, His people — and the flock of His pasture.
Psalms 138:8Jehovah doth perfect for me, O Jehovah, Thy kindness [is] to the age, The works of Thy hands let not fall!
Isaiah 45:11Thus said Jehovah, The Holy One of Israel, and his Former: Ask Me of the things coming concerning My sons, Yea, concerning the work of My hands, ye command Me.'
Isaiah 61:9And known among nations hath been their seed, And their offspring in the midst of the peoples, All their beholders acknowledge them, For they [are] a seed Jehovah 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 →