Isaiah 10:22-23 BSB

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 10:22

For though ... - In this verse, and in Isaiah 10:23. the prophet expresses positively the idea that “but” a remnant of the people should be preserved amidst the calamities. He had said Isaiah 10:20-21, that a remnant should return to God. He now carries forward the idea, and states that only a remnant should be preserved out of the multitude, however great it was. Admitting that the number was then very great, yet the great mass of the nation would be cut off, and only a small portion would... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 10:23

For the Lord God of hosts - Note, Isaiah 1:9.Shall make a consumption - The Hebrew of this verse might be rendered, ‘for its destruction is completed, and is determined on; the Lord Yahweh of hosts will execute it in the midst of the land.’ Our translation, however, expresses the force of the original. It means that the destruction was fixed in the mind or purpose of God, and would be certainly executed. The translation by the Septuagint, which is followed in the main by the apostle Paul in... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 10:21-23

Isaiah 10:21-23. The remnant shall return Hebrew, שׁאר ישׁוב , shear- jashub, the name given to one of the prophet’s sons, (see Isaiah 7:3,) in confirmation of the truth of God’s promises. It may be rendered, as here, the remnant, or, a remnant, or, but a remnant, shall return; unto the mighty God Hebrew, אל גבור , the very appellation given to Christ, Isaiah 9:6. For though thy people Israel Or, thy people, O Israel; to whom the prophet, by an apostrophe, directs his speech; be... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Isaiah 10:5-34

Assyria’s pride and punishment (10:5-34)God is angry with the rebellious people of Israel and has used Assyria to punish them (5-6). Assyria, however, has no concern for God’s purposes and thinks it has won its victories by its own might. It therefore decides to attack Jerusalem, confident that it will conquer Judah as it has conquered other nations (7-9). It thinks that because the gods of other nations have not been able to save them from Assyria’s might, the God of Judah will not be able to... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 10:22

though, &c. Quoted in Romans 9:27 , Romans 9:28 . as the sand, &c. Figure of speech Paraemia . Reference to Pentateuch (Genesis 22:17 ; Genesis 32:12 , &c). consumption = full end, or finish. Hebrew. killayon. Reference to Pentateuch. Occurs only here, and Deuteronomy 28:65 . App-92 . with = in. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 10:23

consumption = consummation. Hebrew. kalfih, determined = decreed. all. Some codices, with five early printed editions, omit "all". read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 10:22-23

Isaiah 10:22-23. For though thy people Israel be as the sand— The prophet had said that a remnant only of Judah and Ephraim would be preserved, and would return in true repentance to God; which might justly cause the wonder of both Jews and Israelites at the time when the prophet spoke these things; for it implied that the far greater part of the people would perish. This might justly offend the Jews, as they must have conceived it highly improbable that God should thus forsake his people;... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 10:22

22. yet—rather in the sense in which Paul quotes it (Romans 9:27), "Though Israel be now numerous as the sand, a remnant only of them shall return"—the great majority shall perish. The reason is added, Because "the consumption (fully completed destruction) is decreed (literally, decided on, brought to an issue), it overfloweth (Isaiah 30:28; Isaiah 8:8) with justice"; that is, the infliction of just punishment (Isaiah 8:8- :) [MAURER]. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 10:23

23. even determined—"A consumption, and whatever is determined," or decreed [MAURER]. midst—Zion, the central point of the earth as to Jehovah's presence. land—Israel. But the Septuagint, "in the whole habitable world." So English Version ( :-), "upon the earth." read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 10:5-34

The destruction of the destroyer 10:5-34This segment presents Yahweh as the transcendent God who controls the destiny of all nations. He creates history just as He created the cosmos. The victory of the Assyrians did not prove the superiority of her gods, nor did Judah’s defeat mean that Yahweh was inferior. The whole passage contrasts sovereignties: Assyria’s and Yahweh’s. read more