Isaiah 10:22
Israel, even though your people are as numerous as sand on the seashore, only a remnant will return. The Lord has rightly decided to destroy his people.
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21A remnant will return, a remnant of Jacob will come back to the Mighty God.
23The Lord God Almighty has rightly decided to bring destruction throughout the whole country.
Cross References
1 Kings 4:20Judah and Israel had become as numerous as the sand on the seashore. They ate, they drank, they were happy.
Isaiah 6:11Then I asked, “How long will this last, Lord?” He replied, “Until towns are ruined and empty, houses are abandoned, and the land is devastated and destroyed;
Isaiah 8:8It will sweep on into Judah, overflowing and flooding through, reaching up to the neck. Like outspread wings it will engulf the whole of your land, Immanuel!
Isaiah 28:15You claim, “We've made an agreement with death; we've got a contract with the grave. When the terrible disaster rushes by, it won't affect us, because our lies protect us and we hide in our own deceptions.”
Isaiah 37:31The remnant that's left of Judah will revive again, sending roots below and bearing fruit above.
Jeremiah 3:14Come back, unfaithful children, declares the Lord, because I am married to you. I will take you, one from a town and two from a family, and bring you to Zion.
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 →