Isaiah 19:25

Isa 19:25 Whom the LORD of hosts shall bless, saying, Blessed [be] Egypt my people, and Assyria the work of my hands, and Israel mine inheritance.

Ver. 25. Whom the Lord af hosts shall bless. ] Or, For the Lord of hosts shall bless, and then he shall be blessed, a as Isaac said of Jacob. Gen 27:33

Blessed be Egypt, my people. ] A new title to Egypt, and no less honourable. Vide quantum profecerit Egyptus flagellis, saith Oecolampadius, here, i.e., see how Egypt hath got by her sufferings. See Isaiah 19:22 . She who was not a people, but a rabble of rebels conspiring against heaven, is now owned and taken into covenant.

And Assyria, the work of my hands. ] "For we are his workmanship created in Christ Jesus unto good works." Eph 2:10

And Israel mine inheritance. ] This is, upon the matter, one and the same with the former; every regenerate person, whether Jew or Gentile, is all these three in conjunction. Oh the μυρωμακαριοτης , the heaped up happiness of all such! "Let Israel rejoice in him that made him; let the children of Zion be joyful in their king." Psa 149:2 "For the Lord her God in the midst of her is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over her with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over her with singing." Zep 3:17

a Jun.