Isa 19:23 | KingComments | STEP | And the blessing is becoming greater and greater. The two arch-enemies Egypt and Assyria are reconciled ( ). Both nations, who fought with each other for world domination, are now united and will serve the LORD together. A highway will connect them. That highway cannot but pass through Israel, a symbol that all blessing for the entire world comes from Israel. First that highway will be used by the rest of the ten tribes to return to Israel ( ), but later also by the nations to travel to Israel to worship the LORD. Jews and Gentiles together enjoy the blessings of the promised realm of peace. That Israel is the link between the two countries, we see in . Instead of being subject now to the one, then to the other, as in the past, God’s people will have reached the height of power and glory purposed by the LORD. Israel will be “a blessing in the midst of the earth”, the earth represented here by Egypt and Assyria. Egypt and Assyria will be among the three most important countries on earth. This is only because the LORD of hosts has blessed them ( ). Egypt and Assyria, the former enemies of God’s people, are each given one of the titles of honor by which God calls His own people. Egypt is called “My people” ( ) and Assyria “the work of My hands” ( ). This indicates that this new situation is not transient. The special bond of the LORD with Israel, the whole people, is evidenced by the name with which He also calls His people in the realm of peace, namely “My inheritance”.

‏ Isaiah 19:23

Egypt and Assyria Serve the LORD.

And the blessing is becoming greater and greater. The two arch-enemies Egypt and Assyria are reconciled (Isa 19:23). Both nations, who fought with each other for world domination, are now united and will serve the LORD together. A highway will connect them. That highway cannot but pass through Israel, a symbol that all blessing for the entire world comes from Israel. First that highway will be used by the rest of the ten tribes to return to Israel (Isa 11:16), but later also by the nations to travel to Israel to worship the LORD. Jews and Gentiles together enjoy the blessings of the promised realm of peace.

That Israel is the link between the two countries, we see in Isa 19:24. Instead of being subject now to the one, then to the other, as in the past, God’s people will have reached the height of power and glory purposed by the LORD. Israel will be “a blessing in the midst of the earth”, the earth represented here by Egypt and Assyria. Egypt and Assyria will be among the three most important countries on earth. This is only because the LORD of hosts has blessed them (Isa 19:25).

Egypt and Assyria, the former enemies of God’s people, are each given one of the titles of honor by which God calls His own people. Egypt is called “My people” (Isa 1:3) and Assyria “the work of My hands” (Isa 45:11). This indicates that this new situation is not transient. The special bond of the LORD with Israel, the whole people, is evidenced by the name with which He also calls His people in the realm of peace, namely “My inheritance”.