Isaiah 19:25  “Blessed be Egypt my people, and Assyria the work of my hands, and Israel my inheritance.”

But before they get there…

Vs. 22 And the Lord will strike Egypt, striking and healing, and they will return to the Lord, and he will listen to their pleas for mercy and heal them.

But before they get there…

Vs. 21  And the Lord will make himself known to the Egyptians, and the Egyptians will know the Lord in that day and worship with sacrifice and offering, and they will make vows to the Lord and perform them.

But before they get there…

Vs. 20  …When they cry to the Lord because of oppressors, he will send them a savior and defender, and deliver them.

But before they get there…

Vs. 18 …and swear allegiance to the Lord of hosts….In that day there will be an altar to the Lord in the midst of the land of Egypt…

But before they get there…

Isaiah 19:16-17  In that day the Egyptians will belike women, and tremble with fear before the hand that the Lord of hosts shakes over them…Everyone to whom it is mentioned will fear because of the purpose that the Lord of hosts has purposed against them.

Troubles, trials, tribulation are a gift from the Lord. Wrath is to destruction. Tribulation brings His children to Himself.