Isaiah 19:25

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

for that Jehovah of hosts hath blessed them, saying, Blessed be Egypt my people, and Assyria the work of my hands, and Israel mine inheritance.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אֲשֶׁ֧ר בֵּרֲכ֛וֹ יְהוָ֥ה צְבָא֖וֹת לֵאמֹ֑ר בָּר֨וּךְ עַמִּ֜י מִצְרַ֗יִם וּמַעֲשֵׂ֤ה יָדַי֙ אַשּׁ֔וּר וְנַחֲלָתִ֖י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ ס

Transliteration

Which bērăḵô YHWH ṣĕḇāʾôṯ lēʾmōr bārûḵ ʿammî Miṣrayim and-maʿăśēh yāḏay ʾAššûr and-naḥălāṯî Yiśrāʾēl

Grammar Details

*bērăḵô*: verb, piel perfect, 3rd person masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - has blessed it
*YHWH*: proper noun, divine name - Yahweh
*ṣĕḇāʾôṯ*: noun, feminine plural - hosts/armies
*lēʾmōr*: preposition with qal infinitive construct - saying
*bārûḵ*: verb, qal passive participle, masculine singular - blessed
*ʿammî*: noun, masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - my people
*Miṣrayim*: proper noun, masculine dual/plural - Egypt
*maʿăśēh*: noun, masculine singular construct - work of
*yāḏay*: noun, feminine dual with 1st person singular suffix - my hands
*ʾAššûr*: proper noun - Assyria
*naḥălāṯî*: noun, feminine singular with 1st person singular suffix - my inheritance
*Yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel

Word Meanings

*bērăḵô*: has blessed it/will bless it
*lēʾmōr*: saying/declaring
*bārûḵ*: blessed/praised
*ʿammî*: my people/my nation
*maʿăśēh*: work of/product of/creation of
*yāḏay*: my hands/my power/my making
*naḥălāṯî*: my inheritance/my possession/my heritage

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Referenced Verses

Isa 29:23 : 23 But when he seeth his children, the work of my hands, in the midst of him, they shall sanctify my name; yea, they shall sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and shall stand in awe of the God of Israel.
Hos 2:23 : 23 And I will sow her unto me in the earth; and I will have mercy upon her that had not obtained mercy; and I will say to them that were not my people, Thou art my people; and they shall say, [Thou art] my God.
Deut 32:9 : 9 For Jehovah's portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.
Num 6:24 : 24 Jehovah bless thee, and keep thee:
Num 6:27 : 27 So shall they put my name upon the children of Israel; and I will bless them.
Ps 115:15 : 15 Blessed are ye of Jehovah, Who made heaven and earth.
Ps 138:8 : 8 Jehovah will perfect that which concerneth me: Thy lovingkindness, O Jehovah, [endureth] for ever; Forsake not the works of thine own hands.
Rom 9:24-25 : 24 [ even] us, whom he also called, not from the Jews only, but also from the Gentiles? 25 As he saith also in Hosea, I will call that my people, which was not my people; And her beloved, that was not beloved.
Isa 60:21 : 21 Thy people also shall be all righteous; they shall inherit the land for ever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I may be glorified.
Isa 61:9 : 9 And their seed shall be known among the nations, and their offspring among the peoples; all that see them shall acknowledge them, that they are the seed which Jehovah hath blessed.
Isa 64:8 : 8 But now, O Jehovah, thou art our Father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.
Isa 65:23 : 23 They shall not labor in vain, nor bring forth for calamity; for they are the seed of the blessed of Jehovah, and their offspring with them.
Ps 67:6-7 : 6 The earth hath yielded its increase: God, even our own God, will bless us. 7 God will bless us; And all the ends of the earth shall fear him.
Ps 100:3 : 3 Know ye that Jehovah, he is God: It is he that hath made us, and we are his; We are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
Eph 1:3 : 3 Blessed [be] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly [places] in Christ:
Phil 1:6 : 6 being confident of this very thing, that he who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Jesus Christ:
1 Pet 2:10 : 10 who in time past were no people, but now are the people of God: who had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.
Eph 2:10 : 10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God afore prepared that we should walk in them.
Num 24:1 : 1 And when Balaam saw that it pleased Jehovah to bless Israel, he went not, as at the other times, to meet with enchantments, but he set his face toward the wilderness.
Isa 45:11 : 11 Thus saith Jehovah, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker: Ask me of the things that are to come; concerning my sons, and concerning the work of my hands, command ye me.
Gal 6:15 : 15 For neither is circumcision anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature.
Rom 3:29 : 29 Or is God [the God] of Jews only? is he not [the] [God] of Gentiles also? Yea, of Gentiles also:

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