Commentary for Isaiah 19:25
אֲשֶׁ֧ר בֵּרֲכ֛וֹ יְהוָ֥ה צְבָא֖וֹת לֵאמֹ֑ר בָּר֨וּךְ עַמִּ֜י מִצְרַ֗יִם וּמַעֲשֵׂ֤ה יָדַי֙ אַשּׁ֔וּר וְנַחֲלָתִ֖י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ (ס)
for that the LORD of hosts hath blessed him, saying: ‘Blessed be Egypt My people and Assyria the work of My hands, and Israel Mine inheritance.’
Rashi on Isaiah
Which...blessed them [lit. him,] i.e., Israel.
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Ibn Ezra on Isaiah
Whom the Lord of hosts hath blessed. For the Lord has blessed Israel, therefore he will be a blessing, etc; or He has blessed each of the three.32The question is here, to which word does the pronoun in בֵּרְכוֹ he blessed him refer. The one explanation refers it to Israel; because God has blessed Israel, therefore he can again be a source of blessing to other nations. The second explanation refers it to Israel, Egypt, and Assyria, and explains the singular of the pronoun in the usual way, each of them.
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Rashi on Isaiah
Blessed is My people Israel, whom I chose for Myself as a people when they were in Egypt.
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