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In that day, Israel will be the third with Egypt and with Assyria, a blessing within the earth;
Isaiah 19:24 · World English Bible
Parallel translations
  • KJV In that day shall Israel be the third with Egypt and with Assyria, even a blessing in the midst of the land:
  • BSB In that day Israel will join a three-party alliance with Egypt and Assyria—a blessing upon the earth.
  • NKJV In that day Israel will be one of three with Egypt and Assyria—a blessing in the midst of the land,
  • NASB On that day Israel will be the third party to Egypt and Assyria, a blessing in the midst of the earth,
  • NLT In that day Israel will be the third, along with Egypt and Assyria, a blessing in the midst of the earth.

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Quick answer

Israel, Egypt, and Assyria together become a blessing in the earth. It matters because it shows God's plan to bless the nations alongside his people.

Overview

In a striking turn, Israel is joined as a third with Egypt and Assyria, and together they are a blessing to the world. The nations once at enmity are now united in God's purposes. This echoes the promise to Abraham that through his offspring all nations would be blessed. It looks ahead to the worldwide blessing fulfilled in Christ, who unites peoples into one redeemed family.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 19

  • Isa 65:8Yahweh says, “As the new wine is found in the cluster, and one says, ‘Don’t destroy it, for a blessing is in it:’ so will I do for my servants’ sake, that I may not destroy them all.
  • Gen 12:2I will make of you a great nation. I will bless you and make your name great. You will be a blessing.
  • Zech 2:10–11Sing and rejoice, daughter of Zion; for, behold, I come, and I will dwell within you,’ says Yahweh.
  • Isa 66:12For Yahweh says, “Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, and the glory of the nations like an overflowing stream; and you will nurse. You will be carried on her side, and will be dandled on her knees.
  • Luke 2:32a light for revelation to the nations, and the glory of your people Israel.”
  • Zech 8:20–23Yahweh of Armies says: “Many peoples, and the inhabitants of many cities will yet come;
  • Rom 15:9–12and that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy. As it is written, “Therefore will I give praise to you among the Gentiles, and sing to your name.”
  • Ps 117:1–2Praise Yahweh, all you nations! Extol him, all you peoples!
  • Isa 6:13If there is a tenth left in it, that also will in turn be consumed: as a terebinth, and as an oak, whose stock remains when they are felled; so the holy seed is its stock.”
  • Rom 15:27Yes, it has been their good pleasure, and they are their debtors. For if the Gentiles have been made partakers of their spiritual things, they owe it to them also to serve them in fleshly things.
  • Isa 66:19–21“I will set a sign among them, and I will send those who escape of them to the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, who draw the bow, to Tubal and Javan, to far-away islands, who have not heard my fame, nor have seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the nations.
  • Ezek 34:26I will make them and the places around my hill a blessing; and I will cause the shower to come down in its season; there shall be showers of blessing.
  • Deut 32:43Rejoice, you nations, with his people, for he will avenge the blood of his servants. He will take vengeance on his adversaries, and will make atonement for his land and for his people.
  • Zech 8:13It shall come to pass that, as you were a curse among the nations, house of Judah and house of Israel, so will I save you, and you shall be a blessing. Don’t be afraid. Let your hands be strong.”
  • Rom 10:11–13For the Scripture says, “Whoever believes in him will not be disappointed.”
  • Gal 3:14that the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Christ Jesus; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.
  • Isa 65:22They will not build, and another inhabit. They will not plant, and another eat: for the days of my people will be like the days of a tree, and my chosen will long enjoy the work of their hands.
  • Isa 49:6Indeed, he says, “It is too light a thing that you should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel? I will also give you as a light to the nations, that you may be my salvation to the end of the earth.”
  • Isa 49:22Thus says the Lord Yahweh, “Behold, I will lift up my hand to the nations, and lift up my banner to the peoples; and they shall bring your sons in their bosom, and your daughters shall be carried on their shoulders.

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Christ at the center

Isaiah sees him most clearly: the virgin's son Immanuel, the child on David's throne, the shoot from Jesse, the light to the nations, and above all the Suffering Servant pierced for our transgressions (ch. 53).

How Isaiah 19:24 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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