Isaiah 10:22
For though thy people, O Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, A [mere] remnant, shall return of them,—A full end decreed, bringeth in, justice, like a flood;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
21A remnant, shall return, The remnant of Jacob,—unto the mighty GOD;
Cross References
1 Kings 4:20Judah and Israel, were many, as the sand that is by the sea, for multitude,—eating and drinking, and rejoicing.
Isaiah 6:11Then said I—How long, My Lord? And he said—Until the time that Cities be wasted through having no inhabitant And houses—through having no men, And, the ground, be laid waste unto desolation;
Isaiah 8:8and roll on throughout Judah—overflow and pass along, till unto the neck, he shall reach,—and it shall be, that, the stretching out of his wings, shall fill the breadth of thy land, O Immanuel!
Isaiah 28:15Because ye have said—We have solemnised a covenant with death, And with hades, have we effected a vision,—The overflowing scourge when it sweepeth by, shall not reach unto us, For we have made lying our refuge. And in falsehood, have we hid ourselves,
Isaiah 37:31Then shall the escaped of the house of Judah that remain, again, Take root downward,—And bear fruit upward.
Jeremiah 3:14Return, ye apostate sons, Urgeth Yahweh, for, I, am become your husband,—therefore will I take you one of a city, and two of a family, and will 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 →