1. Isaiah 19:24 (ESV)
  2. Exposition

What does it mean that Israel will be the third?

Isaiah 19:24 (ESV)

24 In that day Israel will be the third with Egypt and Assyria, a blessing in the midst of the earth,

Israel now finds a place amid the world powers to its north and south. Up to here, Israel had been a divisive point between Egypt and Assyria; now, she would become a blessing. The three nations together represent the entire world worshipping the Lord in the messianic age.