²⁴In that day^h Israel will be the third, along with Egypt and Assyria,ⁱ a blessing^b^j on the earth. ²⁵The Lord Almighty will bless^k them, saying, “Blessed be Egypt my people,^l Assyria my handiwork,^m and Israel my inheritance.ⁿ”

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Footnotes

bOr Assyria, whose names will be used in blessings (see Gen. 48:20); or Assyria, who will be seen by others as blessed

Cross references

hSee ver 23
iSee Isa 11:11
jSee Ge 12:2
kSee Ge 12:3; Eph 2:11–14
l Ps 87:4; See 100:3
m Isa 29:23; 43:7; 45:11; 60:21; 64:8; Eph 2:10
nSee Ex 34:9; Jer 30:22; Hos 2:23

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

In that day Israel will be the third with Egypt and Assyria, a blessing in the midst of the earth, whom the Lord of hosts has blessed, saying, “Blessed be Egypt my people, and Assyria the work of my hands, and Israel my inheritance.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

On that day Israel will form a triple alliance with Egypt and Assyria—a blessing within the land. The Lord of Armies will bless them, saying, “Egypt my people, Assyria my handiwork, and Israel my inheritance are blessed.”

NLTNew Living Translation

In that day Israel will be the third, along with Egypt and Assyria, a blessing in the midst of the earth. For the Lord of Heaven’s Armies will say, “Blessed be Egypt, my people. Blessed be Assyria, the land I have made. Blessed be Israel, my special possession!”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

On that day, Israel will be the third with Egypt and Assyria, a blessing in the midst of the earth, whom Yahweh of hosts blessed, saying, “May Egypt my people be blessed, and Assyria, the work of my hands, and my inheritance, Israel.”

KJV 1900King James Version

In that day shall Israel be the third with Egypt and with Assyria,

Even a blessing in the midst of the land:

Whom the Lord of hosts shall bless, saying,

Blessed be Egypt my people,

And Assyria the work of my hands,

And Israel mine inheritance.

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