The Prophecy of Isaiah - Part 75 Discussion

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Isa 19:20-25  Blessed Be Egypt My People, and Assyria The Work of My Hands, and Israel Mine Inheritance

Isa 19:21  And the LORD shall be known to Egypt, and the Egyptians shall know the LORD in that day, and shall do sacrifice and oblation; yea, they shall vow a vow unto the LORD, and perform it.
Isa 19:22  And the LORD shall smite Egypt: he shall smite and heal it: and they shall return even to the LORD, and he shall be intreated of them, and shall heal them.
Isa 19:23  In that day shall there be a highway out of Egypt to Assyria, and the Assyrian shall come into Egypt, and the Egyptian into Assyria, and the Egyptians shall serve with the Assyrians.
Isa 19:24  In that day shall Israel be the third with Egypt and with Assyria, even a blessing in the midst of the land:
Isa 19:25  Whom the LORD of hosts shall bless, saying, Blessed be Egypt my people, and Assyria the work of my hands, and Israel mine inheritance.

The spiritual message for us in these verses is that all of mankind, "each in his own order... beginning at the house" will come out of Egypt, spend time in the promised land, apostatize, be carried off into Babylon, and only after 70 years of captivity, will they all be dragged back to what is now "the Israel of God", which will never again apostatize.

"There [will] be a highway out of Egypt to Assyria, and the Assyrian shall come into Egypt, and the Egyptian into Assyria, and the Egyptians shall serve with the Assyrians." But the only way for that to happen is for Egypt and Assyria to go through Israel, and that highway is elsewhere called "a highway... of holiness" (Isa 35:8) which can only be realized through the three step process of going from Egypt to Israel, from Israel to Assyria, and from Assyria "return" back to Israel.

Here again in Isaiah 19 is more of the doctrine of "as in Adam all die, so in Christ... the last Adam...  shall all be made alive" (1Co 15:22 and 1Co 15:45). Egypt, Assyria and Israel are three Middle Eastern countries which typify the three steps which must be taken to complete the plan of God for all of mankind. That is what Egypt, Assyria and Israel represent in these last five verses of Isaiah 19.

These verses we are covering today are part of the scriptures which have proceeded out of the mouth of God (Mat 4:4) and which will never pass away (Mat 24:14-15, and Mat 24:31-35), because:

2Ti 3:16  All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:

Therefore Egypt, Assyria and Israel always have been the three steps toward the kingdom of God, and Egypt, Assyria and Israel will continue to be that three-step process all the way through the lake of fire.

When we wonder and speculate whether certain verses of scripture pertain to the millennium or to the lake of fire we are forgetting that any discussion which excludes the present, "he that reads let him understand" part of the Words of Christ, is sure to come to less than a complete and truthful Biblical conclusion. It is also true that any discussion of the prophecies of scripture which fails to include the past, the present and the future application of the scriptures, the 'is, the was and the will be' characteristics of the words of Christ, will always lead us to a wrong incomplete conclusion, because this is what Christ said of His own words:

Mat 24:14  And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations [Egypt, Assyria, and Israel]; and then shall the end come.
Mat 24:15  When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:)

When will "the end [and] the abomination of desolation" take place? There is no need to speculate about the timing of these prophecies because Christ tells us how we are to apply these His Words:

Mat 24:32  Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh:
Mat 24:33  So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.
Mat 24:34  Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled.
Mat 24:35  Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.

Christ's words are, were and they always will be, applicable to our present lives simply because "My Words shall not pass away". "All these things" includes "the end [and] the abomination of desolation". "Whoso reads, let him understand" applies to all of Christ's words, not just Matthew 24:15.

It was also Christ Himself who inspired Isaiah to write the words of this prophecy of Isaiah. This entire prophecy of Isaiah begins with these words:

Isa 1:2  Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the LORD hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me.

Therefore this prophecy also has an 'is, was and will be' characteristic to it. Egypt, which is the Biblical symbol for the whole world, "all... in Adam", will, "each in his own order, do sacrifice and oblation... unto the Lord... and they shall return even to the Lord".

Isa 19:21  And the LORD shall be known to Egypt, and the Egyptians shall know the LORD in that day, and shall do sacrifice and oblation; yea, they shall vow a vow unto the LORD, and perform it.

This will happen "in that day". There are no meaningful 'sacrifices or oblations' which are not preceded by the judgment of the Lord's wrath upon the kingdom of our rebellious old man because we are told:

Rev 15:8  And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God, and from his power; and no man was able to enter into the temple, till the seven plagues of the seven angels were fulfilled.

But Christ said, "When you shall see all these things, know it is near, even at the doors." It is true that "the doors" of all mankind must see "all these things", but it is also true that "all these things" must first begin to be seen by God's elect who are the house of God, at whose house "all these things", all these judgments, must begin (1Pe 4:17).

What we need to notice is that "all these things" includes "the abomination of desolation" (Mat 24:15), "the end of the age" (Mat 24:14) and "gather[ing] His elect... with the sound of a trumpet... from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other" (Mat 24:31).

Mat 24:14  And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.
Mat 24:15  When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:)

Mat 24:31  And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

Again, this 31st verse concerning the gathering together of God's elect, is immediately followed by these words in verse 32:

Mat 24:32  Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh:
Mat 24:33  So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.
Mat 24:34  Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled.
Mat 24:35  Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.

Isa 19:22  And the LORD shall smite Egypt: he shall smite and heal it: and they shall return even to the LORD, and he shall be intreated of them, and shall heal them.

This verse sounds as though it is addressed to the physical nation of Egypt and to that nation alone, but Isa 19:22 is not the sum of [His] Word concerning the meaning of the name Egypt. Here is a verse which demonstrates that all of God's people come up out of 'spiritual Egypt', and while there is time spent in the promised land under judges, kings and prophets of God, all of God's people still have to be carried away into the lies and life of Babylon, with all of her doctrines and traditions (Hos 11:5), before they can "come out of her" and begin the construction of the true house of God which will be more glorious than the temple of Solomon and will be the home and the dwelling place of "the desire of all nations".

Hos 11:5  He shall not return into the land of Egypt, but the Assyrian shall be his king, because they refused to return.

Hag 2:6  For thus saith the LORD of hosts; Yet once, it is a little while, and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land;
Hag 2:7  And I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations shall come: and I will fill this house with glory, saith the LORD of hosts.
Hag 2:8  The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith the LORD of hosts.
Hag 2:9  The glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the former, saith the LORD of hosts: and in this place [in Christ] will I give peace, saith the LORD of hosts.

This is the true "latter house" whose glory will be greater than the glory of the temple of Solomon:

1Co 3:16  Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?

2Co 6:16  And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
2Co 6:17  Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you, 

Spiritual Babylon is also spiritually called Sodom and Egypt.

Rev 11:8  And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified.

Christ's sacrifice was for "all in Adam" (1Co:15:22), and we are one and all 'spiritual Sodom and Egypt where...our Lord was crucified' before we, too, are smitten of the Lord and are brought to "return... unto the Lord" (Isa 19:20-21).

Isa 19:23  In that day shall there be a highway out of Egypt to Assyria, and the Assyrian shall come into Egypt, and the Egyptian into Assyria, and the Egyptians shall serve with the Assyrians.

As is always the case in the prophecies of the Old Testament, "that day" is the day of the Lord's judgments upon the kingdom of our rebellious old man, and when those judgments have done their work, we will then all say with Isaiah:

Isa 26:8  Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O LORD, have we waited for thee; the desire of our soul is to thy name, and to the remembrance of thee.
Isa 26:9  With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.

All the leaders of this present age, both Babylonian and secular leaders, who despise the judgments of the Lord, will in time be dethroned and will be placed under the authority of "the very elect". The reason all earthly authority will be wielded by "the Lord and His Christ" is that they measure up to "the pattern which was shown to [us] in the mount", while the leaders of this age and the ministers of Babylon do not measure up to the pattern which is Christ.

Exo 25:40  And look that thou make them after their pattern, which was shewed thee in the mount.

Exo 26:30  And thou shalt rear up the tabernacle according to the fashion thereof which was shewed thee in the mount.
Exo 27:8  Hollow with boards shalt thou make it: as it was shewed thee in the mount, so shall they make it.

So the Lord is very conscientious about His dwelling place and the place of His rest, as we saw in the previous chapter of Isaiah:

Isa 18:3  All ye inhabitants of the world, and dwellers on the earth, see ye, when he lifteth up an ensign on the mountains; and when he bloweth a trumpet, hear ye.
Isa 18:4  For so the LORD said unto me, I will take my rest, and I will consider in my dwelling place like a clear heat upon herbs, and like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.

Spiritual Jerusalem is the place of His rest:

Psa 132:13  For the LORD hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation.
Psa 132:14  This is my rest for ever: here will I dwell; for I have desired it.

Joe 3:17  So shall ye know that I am the LORD your God dwelling in Zion, my holy mountain: then shall Jerusalem be holy, and there shall no strangers pass through her any more.

This "measur[ing]" of the temple is a very important point, and it is repeated for us in the scriptures again in:

Zec 2:1  I lifted up mine eyes again, and looked, and behold a man with a measuring line in his hand.
Zec 2:2  Then said I, Whither goest thou? And he said unto me, To measure Jerusalem, to see what is the breadth thereof, and what is the length thereof.
Zec 2:3  And, behold, the angel that talked with me went forth, and another angel went out to meet him,
Zec 2:4  And said unto him, Run, speak to this young man, saying, Jerusalem shall be inhabited as towns without walls for the multitude of men and cattle therein:
Zec 2:5  For I, saith the LORD, will be unto her a wall of fire round about, and will be the glory in the midst of her.
Zec 2:6  Ho, ho, come forth, and flee from the land of the north, saith the LORD: for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the heaven, saith the LORD.
Zec 2:7  Deliver thyself, O Zion, that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon.
Zec 2:8  For thus saith the LORD of hosts; After the glory hath he sent me unto the nations which spoiled you [Egypt and Assyria]: for he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye.
Zec 2:9  For, behold, I will shake mine hand upon them, and they shall be a spoil to their servants: and ye shall know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me.
Zec 2:10  Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion: for, lo, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of thee, saith the LORD.
Zec 2:11  And many nations shall be joined to the LORD in that day, and shall be my people: and I will dwell in the midst of thee, and thou shalt know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me unto thee.
Zec 2:12  And the LORD shall inherit Judah his portion in the holy land, and shall choose Jerusalem again.
Zec 2:13  Be silent, O all flesh, before the LORD: for he is raised up out of his holy habitation.

The "many nations" of Zechariah 2:11 are symbolized by Egypt and Assyria who will "be joined unto the Lord through "the [true] Israel of God", which is simply those who know that a physical pedigree is "but dung" unto the Lord (Php 3:8), and being "Abraham's seed" and being "a Jew" is  now, in Christ, a spiritual matter, which now includes true disciples out of every nation, tongue and people.

Rev 5:9  And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation;

Isa 19:24  In that day shall Israel be the third with Egypt and with Assyria, even a blessing in the midst of the land:
Isa 19:25  Whom the LORD of hosts shall bless, saying, Blessed be Egypt my people, and Assyria the work of my hands, and Israel mine inheritance.

Israel is "third with Egypt and Assyria... in that day" because we are all Egypt first, Babylon, which is the same as Assyria, second, and then we are Israel third. Egypt and Assyria typify the first and second beasts. Egypt typifies the world, and Assyria typifies the religions of the world, and "Israel [is] third with Egypt and with Assyria". How can that be? How is Egypt "blessed", and how can it be said that Assyria is "the work of My hands"?

Here is the answer to those questions:

Eph 1:9  Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself:
Eph 1:10  That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather together in one all things in [the] Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him:
Eph 1:11  In whom also we [of all nations] have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will:

God is working all things after the counsel of His own will, and what is His own will? He makes that very clear:

1Ti 2:4  Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.

What that means is that as Egypt we are His people, and that Assyria within us is the work of His hands, and "Israel [is] the third with Egypt and with Assyria". It is all the Lord's work, and it all has His blessing, and He calls it "the work of my hands". He tells us in no uncertain terms "That in the dispensation of the fullness of times He might gather together in one all things in the Christ, both which are in heaven and which are on earth... even in Him." "The Christ" is this entire experience of evil. That is the very composition of "the Christ"!

Rev 14:9  And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand,
Rev 14:10  The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb:
Rev 14:11  And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name.
Rev 14:12  Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.

Rev 15:8  And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God, and from his power; and no man was able to enter into the temple, till the seven plagues of the seven angels were fulfilled.

We have already been told that the salvation of the whole world is the very reason Christ's Father sent Him into this world:

Joh 3:17  For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.

Then, as we just quoted, He tells us exactly what He wills for all men:

1Ti 2:3  For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour;
1Ti 2:4  Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.

Some argue that 2Ti 2:4 should read 'Who desires all men to be saved', not "Who will have all men to be saved...", but even if we were to translate 'will' as 'desire', nothing changes, and God will still "Have all men to be saved and come unto the knowledge of the Truth" simply because:

Job 23:13  But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.

None of us were ever given the choice of whether we wanted to be placed on this earth "in Adam", and yet that is exactly where we all find ourselves. Every man who has ever lived, with the exception of Christ, was first here "in Adam", and that is the equation we are given for the salvation of those who will in time be given to know the salvation that is "in Christ". Life in Christ will be given to "all in Adam":

1Co 15:21  For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead.
1Co 15:22  For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.

But salvation is not just a matter of Christ dying for our sins. His very death demonstrates the truth of these verses which plainly tell us that "Judgment... must... first begin... at the house of God".

1Pe 4:12  Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you:
1Pe 4:13  But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy.
1Pe 4:14  If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified.
1Pe 4:15  But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evildoer, or as a busybody in other men's matters.
1Pe 4:16  Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf.
1Pe 4:17  For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God?

If we are but 'the beginning of the judgment of God', then it follows that all others must also be judged. There is no salvation without judgment. So we, too, must "fill up what is behind of the afflictions of the Christ" (Col 1:24). We, too, as "the Christ... [must with Christ be] the scapegoat... a living sacrifice... dying daily... being crucified with Christ". The truth of the scriptures concerning our salvation is that "No man can enter into the temple until the seven plagues of the seven angels have been fulfilled" (Lev 16:10; Rom 12:1; 1Co 15:31; Gal 2:20; Rev 15:7-8).

The one thing all these verses demonstrate is that the false doctrine of a "substitutionary sacrifice" and of Christ dying for us so we don't have to die, is an insidious lie which has been, and is being, used by the adversary to rob millions of any hope of salvation in this age. Yes, it is by God's own design, and it is He who is working even that evil work. Nevertheless it is imperative that "we be not ignorant of His devices":

2Co 2:11  Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices.

As we have shown so many times, the phrase "that day" refers to "the great day of the Lord". It is called "the judgment of the great day... the great day of His wrath... [and it is] the seven last plagues which fill up the wrath of God" on the kingdom of our rebellious old man. That "judgment of the great day" is the time when "Israel... shall... be third with Egypt and with Assyria".

Deu 31:17  Then my anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall be devoured, and many evils and troubles shall befall them; so that they will say in that day, Are not these evils come upon us, because our God is not among us?
Deu 31:18  And I will surely hide my face in that day for all the evils which they shall have wrought, in that they are turned unto other gods.

Zep 1:14  The great day of the LORD is near, it is near, and hasteth greatly, even the voice of the day of the LORD: the mighty man shall cry there bitterly.

Jud 1:6  And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.

Rev 6:17  For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?

Rev 15:1  And I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvellous, seven angels having the seven last plagues; for in them is filled up the wrath of God.

Even though we know that physical Israel cannot enter into the true "Israel of God", we have a hard time seeing the name 'Israel' in a negative light and thinking of Israel as "third with Egypt and with Assyria". After all, the name 'Israel' means:

H3478
יִשְׂרָאֵל
yiśrâ'êl
yis-raw-ale'
From H8280 and H410; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity: - Israel.

H8280 means:

H8280
שָׂרָה
śârâh
saw-raw'
A primitive root; to prevail: - have power (as a prince).

H410 means:

H410
אֵל
'êl
ale
Shortened from H352; strength; as adjective mighty; especially the Almighty (but used also of any deity): - God (god), X goodly, X great, idol, might (-y one), power, strong. Compare names in “-el.”

Jacob's name was changed to Israel after wrestling with Christ all night:

Gen 32:24  And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day.
Gen 32:25  And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him.
Gen 32:26  And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.
Gen 32:27  And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob.
Gen 32:28  And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.

Immediately after this encounter with Christ, Jacob, who had just been told "for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed", goes out to meet his brother, Esau, and bows himself to the ground before Esau seven times and proclaims himself Esau's servant and Esau as his Lord:

Gen 32:3  And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the country of Edom.
Gen 32:4  And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye speak unto my lord Esau; Thy servant Jacob saith thus, I have sojourned with Laban, and stayed there until now.

Gen 33:1  And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau came, and with him four hundred men. And he divided the children unto Leah, and unto Rachel, and unto the two handmaids.
Gen 33:2  And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost.
Gen 33:3  And he passed over before them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.
Gen 33:4  And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him: and they wept.
Gen 33:5  And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; and said, Who are those with thee? And he said, The children which God hath graciously given thy servant.

Bowing himself "seven times" before Esau is telling us that Jacob knew that without the Lord softening Esau's heart, he was helpless against him and his "four hundred men". It is the same with us as "the house of God" in this age. We have no strength in ourselves to overcome our flesh. It is only through the mercy of our Lord that judgment must begin with us, and we must "fill up" what is behind of the afflictions of Christ", we must be "hated of all men" and be "crucified with Christ", and we must fulfill in our lives "the seven plagues of the seven angels":

Col 1:24  Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body's sake, which is the church:

Through it all we, like Jacob, must acknowledge that "we have this treasure in earthen vessels", which "earthen vessels" are typified by Esau, and without Christ, Esau, our flesh, is indeed "[our] Lord Esau". It is only through the provisions of Christ that we can 'have power with God and with men, and prevail' against 'our Lord, Esau', our own beastly flesh.

But through Christ we do 'have power with God and with men', and we prevail and will be the saviors of this world who will "judge the mount of Edom [Esau]":

Oba 1:18  And the house of Jacob [spiritual Israel] shall be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau [our old man] for stubble, and they shall kindle in them, and devour them; and there shall not be any remaining of the house of Esau; for the LORD hath spoken it.

Oba 1:21  And saviours shall come up on mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau; and the kingdom shall be the LORD'S.

Another example of Israel being third is found in these verses:

Eze 16:46  And thine elder sister is Samaria, she and her daughters that dwell at thy left hand: and thy younger sister, that dwelleth at thy right hand, is Sodom and her daughters.
Eze 16:47  Yet hast thou not walked after their ways, nor done after their abominations: but, as if that were a very little thing, thou wast corrupted more than they in all thy ways.
Eze 16:48  As I live, saith the Lord GOD, Sodom thy sister hath not done, she nor her daughters, as thou hast done, thou and thy daughters.
Eze 16:49  Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.
Eze 16:50  And they were haughty, and committed abomination before me: therefore I took them away as I saw good.
Eze 16:51  Neither hath Samaria committed half of thy sins; but thou hast multiplied thine abominations more than they, and hast justified thy sisters in all thine abominations which thou hast done.
Eze 16:52  Thou also, which hast judged thy sisters, bear thine own shame for thy sins that thou hast committed more abominable than they: they are more righteous than thou: yea, be thou confounded also, and bear thy shame, in that thou hast justified thy sisters.
Eze 16:53  When I shall bring again their captivity, the captivity of Sodom and her daughters, and the captivity of Samaria and her daughters, then will I bring again the captivity of thy captives in the midst of them:
Eze 16:54  That thou mayest bear thine own shame, and mayest be confounded in all that thou hast done, in that thou art a comfort unto them.
Eze 16:55  When thy sisters, Sodom and her daughters, shall return to their former estate, and Samaria and her daughters shall return to their former estate, then thou and thy daughters shall return to your former estate.

"Thy sisters, Sodom and her daughters... and Samaria and her daughters... then you and your daughters" is the same as saying:

Isa 19:24  In that day shall Israel be the third with Egypt and with Assyria, even a blessing in the midst of the land:
Isa 19:25  Whom the LORD of hosts shall bless, saying, Blessed be Egypt my people, and Assyria the work of my hands, and Israel mine inheritance.

This also is accomplished only "in that day... the judgment of the great day of the Lord... the great white throne judgment... when the fulness of the Gentiles be come in":

This is the meaning of "Israel... shall... be the third with Egypt and with Assyria, even a blessing in the midst of the land."

Rom 11:25  For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.
Rom 11:26  And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob:

Apostate Israel within us is "that great city wherein our Lord was crucified" (Rev 11:8). Our old man is "The first man Adam" within us, and He "cannot inherit the kingdom of God" (1Co 15:44-50).

Christ is called "the last man, Adam" because "all in Adam", including all Egyptians and all Assyrians, "shall be made alive" through "the last man, Adam", and it will all be accomplished through "the way of [the Lord's] judgments":

Isa 26:8  Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O LORD, have we waited for thee; the desire of our soul is to thy name, and to the remembrance of thee.
Isa 26:9  With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.

Next week we will, Lord willing, cover the entire six verses which comprise the whole of Isaiah 20, and we will see that Egypt must be judged before she can be called "My people".

Here is Isaiah 20:

Isa 20:1  In the year that Tartan came unto Ashdod, (when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him,) and fought against Ashdod, and took it;
Isa 20:2  At the same time spake the LORD by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, Go and loose the sackcloth from off thy loins, and put off thy shoe from thy foot. And he did so, walking naked and barefoot.
Isa 20:3  And the LORD said, Like as my servant Isaiah hath walked naked and barefoot three years for a sign and wonder upon Egypt and upon Ethiopia;
Isa 20:4  So shall the king of Assyria lead away the Egyptians prisoners, and the Ethiopians captives, young and old, naked and barefoot, even with their buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt.
Isa 20:5  And they shall be afraid and ashamed of Ethiopia their expectation, and of Egypt their glory.
Isa 20:6  And the inhabitant of this isle shall say in that day, Behold, such is our expectation, whither we flee for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria: and how shall we escape?