Many times throughout history, Israel was a stumbling block to those around her. Now she would become what God destined her to be: the land from which blessing flows to the entire earth. Just as you, Judah and Israel, have been a curse among the nations, so I will save you, and you will be a blessing
(NIV, Zechariah 8:13).
24 In that day Israel will be the third with Egypt and Assyria, a blessing in the midst of the earth,