Isaiah 19:25

“whom YHWH Tsevaot has blessed, saying, “Blessed be my people Egypt, and the work of my hands Assyria, and my inheritance Israel.””

Isaiah 19:25 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Isaiah 19:25, word by word

YHWHיְהוָהyehva

YHWH

The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.

Where else “yehva” appears
Tsevaotצְבָאוֹתtsevaot

Tsevaot

A name of God: the one who commands the armies of heaven and earth.

Where else “tsevaot” appears
has blessedבֵּרֲכberach

bless

God gives good things: life, children, harvests.

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sayingאמֹרmor

say

To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.

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my peopleעַמִּami

Ammi

Israel, YHWH's people: "my people".

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Egyptמִצְרַיִםmitsrayim

Egypt, Mizraim

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and the workמַעֲשֵׂהmaase

work

What someone does: his works, and especially what God does.

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of my handsיָדַyada

hand

The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.

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Assyriaאַשּׁוּרashur

Assyria, Asshur

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and my inheritanceנַחֲלָתִnachalati

inheritance

Land or goods passed from parents to children.

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Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael

Israel

Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.

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Places in this verse

JerusalemMediterranean SeaEgyptAssyria
Approximate location. A “?” means it is not known for sure where it was.
  • 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).

    Genesis 12:10Genesis 37:28Exodus 12:41Matthew 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).

    2 Kings 17:6Isaiah 10:5Hosea 11:52 Chronicles 33:11

The context

24On that day Israel will be the third with Egypt and with Assyria, a blessing in the middle of the earth,

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