Isaiah 10:23

Translations

Modern

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

Traditional

For the Lord God of hosts shall make a consumption, even determined, in the midst of all the land.

Literal

For the full end is decreed, that the Lord YHWH of Hosts will make in the midst of all the land.

Latin

Consummationem enim et abbreviationem Dominus Deus exercituum faciet in medio omnis terræ.

Original

Hebrew

English

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

Notes

Isaiah 10:20–27

In the middle of Assyrian oppression, there was still hope for the remnant. This passage explains more clearly the meaning of the name Shear-jashub. The name means “a remnant will return” (Isaiah 10:21; see 7:3; 8:18).

The promise showed that God would not destroy all his people. Some would return to him and live under his care.

Isaiah 10:5–11:16

Isaiah 9:8–10:4 shows that the Lord’s moral law is supreme. This means God’s standards of right and wrong stand above every nation and ruler. The next section explains what this truth means:

Assyria was only a tool in God’s hands. Because of this, Assyria was also responsible to God. Like every other nation, it would face judgment for its sin (Isaiah 10:5–19, 28–34).
Those among God’s people who trusted in him and obeyed his covenant would be rescued (Isaiah 10:20–27).
God would establish his kingdom on earth (Isaiah 11).

Isaiah 7:1–12:6

These prophecies occurred when Assyria rose to power. Syria and Israel formed an alliance against Judah (Isaiah 7:1–2; see 2 Kings 16:5). God used Assyria as a tool to punish Syria, Israel, and Judah (Isaiah 7–10).

Theme notes and profiles

Isaiah God’s Faithfulness to His People Salvation in Isaiah

Events

Prophecies of Isaiah

Related verses

Isaiah 28:22
So now, do not mock, or your shackles will become heavier. Indeed, I have heard from the Lord GOD of Hosts a decree of destruction against the whole land.
Daniel 4:35
All the peoples of the earth are counted as nothing, and He does as He pleases with the army of heaven and the peoples of the earth. There is no one who can restrain His hand or say to Him, ‘What have You done?’”
Romans 9:28
For the Lord will carry out His sentence on the earth thoroughly and decisively.”
Isaiah 14:26–27
This is the plan devised for the whole earth, and this is the hand stretched out over all the nations.
Isaiah 24:1–23
Behold, the LORD lays waste the earth and leaves it in ruins. He will twist its surface and scatter its inhabitants—

People

LORD: Names or title used to refer to God

Glossary

Isaiah, Book of Jesse (Person)

Topics

Assyria: Prophecies Concerning Isaiah: Prophecies, Reproofs, and Exhortations of Foretells the Destruction of Sennacherib's Armies

Isaiah 10:23

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