Isaiah 19:21

19:21 The Lord will reveal himself to the Egyptians, and they ¹  will acknowledge the Lord’s authority ²  at that time. ³  They will present sacrifices and offerings; they will make vows to the Lord and fulfill them.

Isaiah 19:25

19:25 The Lord who commands armies will pronounce a blessing over the earth, saying, ⁴  “Blessed be my people, Egypt, and the work of my hands, Assyria, and my special possession, ⁵  Israel!”

¹ tn Heb “Egypt.” For stylistic reasons, to avoid redundancy, the present translation uses the pronoun (“they”) here.

² tn Heb “will know the Lord.”

³ tn Heb “in that day” (so KJV), likewise at the beginning of vv. 23 and 24.

⁴ tn Heb “which the Lord who commands armies [traditionally, the Lord of hosts] will bless [it], saying.” The third masculine singular suffix on the form בֵּרֲכוֹ (berakho) should probably be emended to a third feminine singular suffix בֵּרֲכָהּ (berakhah), for its antecedent would appear to be the feminine noun אֶרֶץ (’erets, “earth”) at the end of v. 24.

⁵ tn Or “my inheritance” (NAB, NASB, NIV).