Whom the LORD of hosts shall bless, saying, Blessed [be] Egypt my people, and Assyria the work of my hands, and Israel mine inheritance.
Ver. 25. Whom the Lord af hosts shall bless.] Or, For the Lord of hosts shall bless, and then he shall be blessed, a as Isaac said of Jacob. Gen 27:33
Blessed be Egypt, my people.] A new title to Egypt, and no less honourable. Vide quantum profecerit Egyptus flagellis, saith Oecolampadius, here, i.e., see how Egypt hath got by her sufferings. See Isaiah 19:22. She who was not a people, but a rabble of rebels conspiring against heaven, is now owned and taken into covenant.
And Assyria, the work of my hands.] "For we are his workmanship created in Christ Jesus unto good works." Eph 2:10
And Israel mine inheritance.] This is, upon the matter, one and the same with the former; every regenerate person, whether Jew or Gentile, is all these three in conjunction. Oh the μυρωμακαριοτης, the heaped up happiness of all such! "Let Israel rejoice in him that made him; let the children of Zion be joyful in their king." Psa 149:2 "For the Lord her God in the midst of her is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over her with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over her with singing." Zep 3:17
a Jun.