Isaiah 19:25

19:25 The Lord who commands armies will pronounce a blessing over the earth, saying, ¹  “Blessed be my people, Egypt, and the work of my hands, Assyria, and my special possession, ²  Israel!”

Isaiah 46:13

46:13 I am bringing my deliverance near, it is not far away;

I am bringing my salvation near, ³  it does not wait.

I will save Zion; ⁴ 

I will adorn Israel with my splendor.” ⁵ 

¹ 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.

² tn Or “my inheritance” (NAB, NASB, NIV).

³ tn Heb “my salvation.” The verb “I am bringing near” is understood by ellipsis (note the previous line).

⁴ tn Heb “I will place in Zion salvation”; NASB “I will grant salvation in Zion.”

⁵ tn Heb “to Israel my splendor”; KJV, ASV “for Israel my glory.”