On that dayבַּיּוֹם הַהוּאthere will beתִּהְיֶהa highwayמְסִלָּהfrom Egyptמִמִּצְרַיִםto Assyria,אַשּׁוּרָהand Assyriaוּ אַשּׁוּרwill comeבָאinto Egypt,בְּמִצְרַיִםand Egyptוּמִצְרַיִםinto Assyria;בְּאַשּׁוּרand Egyptמִצְרַיִםwill serveוְעָבְדוּwith Assyria.אֶת אַשּׁוּר
Isaiah 19:23
Study it in the app“On that day there will be a highway from Egypt to Assyria, and Assyria will come into Egypt, and Egypt into Assyria; and Egypt will serve with Assyria.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 19:23, word by word
- On that dayיּוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- there will beתִּהְיֶהtihye
exist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “tihye” appears- a highwayמְסִלָּהmesila
highway
Highway: a main road, raised and leveled.
Where else “mesila” appears- from Egyptמִּצְרַיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears- to Assyriaאַשּׁוּרָashura
Assyria, Asshur
See it on the mapWhere else “ashura” appears- will comeבָאva
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “va” appears- will serveעָבְדוּavdu
worship
To honor and obey God, or other gods, as his people.
Where else “avdu” appears
Translation note
“With Assyria” (אֶת אַשּׁוּר): it can also be read “Egypt will serve Assyria.”
Places in this verse
1Egypt
Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)
A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.
Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).
2Assyria
Today: northern Iraq (with parts of Syria, Turkey, Iran)
An empire of northern Mesopotamia along the Tigris River, in present-day Iraq.
Assyria took the northern kingdom of Israel captive (2 Kgs 17:6). God sent Jonah to preach in Nineveh, its capital (Jonah 3:3).
The context
22And YHWH will strike Egypt, striking and healing; and they will return to YHWH, and he will let himself be entreated by them and will heal them.
23 · This verse (above)
24On that day Israel will be the third with Egypt and with Assyria, a blessing in the middle of the earth,