“On that day,
Israel will be the third
With Egypt and Assyria.
Israel will be
A blessing
In the midst of the earth
That Yahweh of hosts has blessed,
Saying.
‘Blessed be Egypt
My people.
Blessed be Assyria
The work of my hands.
Blessed be Israel
My heritage.’”
This oracle of Yahweh, via Isaiah, is one of the few examples of ecumenical universalism. On that special day to come, Israel with be 3rd behind Egypt and Assyria, as a blessing or mediator for the whole earth. Yahweh would bless all three, not just Israel. He wanted Egypt, his own people, and Assyria, with the work of his hands, also blessed. However, Israel was blessed as his heritage. Thus we have a blessing for everybody, not just the Israelites.
Eugene Finnegan Bible Project 