Isaiah 10:22

Israel and the nations

²⁰ On that day the remnant of Israel and the survivors of the house of Jacob will no longer depend on him who struck them, but they will truly rely on the LORD, the Holy One of Israel.

²¹ A remnant will return —a remnant of Jacob— to the Mighty God.

Though your people, O Israel, be like the sand of the sea, only a remnant will return. Destruction has been decreed, overflowing with righteousness.

²³ For the Lord GOD of Hosts will carry out the destruction decreed upon the whole land.

²⁴ Therefore this is what the Lord GOD of Hosts says: “O My people who dwell in Zion, do not fear Assyria, who strikes you with a rod and lifts his staff against you as the Egyptians did.

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: Though your people, O Israel, be like the sand of the sea, only a remnant will return. Destruction has been decreed, overflowing with righteousness.
KJV: 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.
WEB: For though your people, Israel, are like the sand of the sea, only a remnant of them will return. A destruction is determined, overflowing with righteousness.
ASV: For though thy people, Israel, be as the sand of the sea, [only] a remnant of them shall return: a destruction [is] determined, overflowing with righteousness.
DARBY: For though thy people Israel be as the sand of the sea, [only] a remnant of them shall return: the consumption determined shall overflow in righteousness.
BLB: For though your people O Israel, should be as the sand of the sea, [only] a remnant will return of it. The destruction [is] decreed, overflowing with righteousness.

ÅB: For om ditt folk, Israel, er som havets sand, skal bare en levning av det omvende seg; tilintetgjørelse er fast besluttet, en flom av rettferdighet[^3].
OTB: Selv om ditt folk, Israel, er som havets sand, vil bare en rest vende tilbake. En ødeleggelse er bestemt, overstrømmende med rettferdighet.
B1930: For om ditt folk, Israel, er som havets sand, skal bare en levning av det omvende sig; tilintetgjørelse er fast besluttet, en flom av rettferdighet. / < Guds straffende rettferdighet.>

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Romans 9:27–28
Isaiah cries out concerning Israel: “Though the number of the Israelites is like the sand of the sea, only the remnant will be saved.
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Isaiah 6:13
And though a tenth remains in the land, it will be burned again. As the terebinth and oak leave stumps when felled, so the holy seed will be a stump in the land.”
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Romans 11:5–6
In the same way, at the present time there is a remnant chosen by grace.
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Revelation 20:8
and will go out to deceive the nations in the four corners of the earth—Gog and Magog—to assemble them for battle. Their number is like the sand of the seashore.
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Daniel 9:27
And he will confirm a covenant with many for one week, but in the middle of the week he will put an end to sacrifice and offering. And on the wing of the temple will come the abomination that causes desolation, until the decreed destruction is poured out upon him.”
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Isaiah 28:15–22
For you said, “We have made a covenant with death; we have fashioned an agreement with Sheol. When the overwhelming scourge passes through it will not touch us, because we have made lies our refuge and falsehood our hiding place.”
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Acts 17:31
For He has set a day when He will judge the world with justice by the Man He has appointed. He has given proof of this to everyone by raising Him from the dead.”
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1 Kings 4:20
The people of Judah and Israel were as numerous as the sand on the seashore, and they were eating and drinking and rejoicing.
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