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22 The Lord will smite Egypt and then restore her! For the Egyptians will turn to the Lord and he will listen to their plea and heal them.

23 In that day Egypt and Iraq[a] will be connected by a highway, and the Egyptians and the Iraqis will move freely back and forth between their lands, and they shall worship the same God. 24 And Israel will be their ally; the three will be together, and Israel will be a blessing to them.

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  1. Isaiah 19:23 Iraq, literally, “Assyria.”

22 The Lord will strike(A) Egypt with a plague;(B) he will strike them and heal them. They will turn(C) to the Lord, and he will respond to their pleas and heal(D) them.

23 In that day(E) there will be a highway(F) from Egypt to Assyria.(G) The Assyrians will go to Egypt and the Egyptians to Assyria. The Egyptians and Assyrians will worship(H) together. 24 In that day(I) Israel will be the third, along with Egypt and Assyria,(J) a blessing[a](K) on the earth.

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  1. Isaiah 19:24 Or Assyria, whose names will be used in blessings (see Gen. 48:20); or Assyria, who will be seen by others as blessed