Isaiah 10:21

The remnant shall be converted, the remnant, I say, of Jacob, to the mighty God.

Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner, 1752)

In The King James Version

The remnant shall return, even the remnant of Jacob, unto the mighty God.

In Context

20And it shall come to pass in that day, that the remnant of Israel, and they that shall escape of the house of Jacob, shall lean no more upon him that striketh them: but they shall lean upon the Lord the Holy One of Israel, in truth.

22For if thy people, O Israel, shall be as the sand of the sea, a remnant of them shall be converted, the consumption abridged shall overflow with justice. A remnant of them shall be converted... This was partly verified in the children of Israel who remained after the devastations of the Assyrians, in the time of king Ezechias: and partly in the conversion of a remnant of the Jews to the faithful of Christ.-Ibid. The consumption abridged, etc... That is, the number of them cut short, and reduced to few, shall flourish in abundance of justice.

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Cross References

Isaiah 7:3And the Lord said to Isaias: Go forth to meet Achaz, thou and Jasub thy son that is left, to the conduit of the upper pool in the way of the fuller's field.

Isaiah 9:13And the people are not returned to him who hath struck them, and have not sought after the Lord of hosts.

Isaiah 37:31And that which shall be saved of the house of Juda, and which is left, shall take root downward, and shall bear fruit upward:

Isaiah 59:20And there shall come a redeemer to Sion, and to them that return from iniquity in Jacob, saith the Lord.

Jeremiah 50:20In those days, and at that time, saith the Lord, the iniquity of Israel shall be sought for, and there shall be none: and the sin of Juda, and there shall none be found: for I will be merciful to them, whom I shall leave.

Hosea 7:10And the pride of Israel shall be humbled before his face: and they have not returned to the Lord their God, nor have they sought him in all these.

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 10:21-24

Encouragement to Israel. ( b. c. 740.) 20 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the remnant of Israel, and such as are escaped of the house of Jacob, shall no more again stay upon him that smote them; but shall stay upon the Lord , the Holy One of Israel, in truth. 21 The remnant shall return, even the remnant of Jacob, unto the mighty God. 22 For though thy people Israel be as the sand of the sea, yet a remnant of them shall return: the consumption decreed shall overflow with righteousness. 23 For the Lord… Read the whole commentary →

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