Isaiah 10:22
22For though your people, Israel, are as numerous as ▼▼ Heb “are like.”
the sand on the seashore, only a remnant will come back. ▼▼ The twofold appearance of the statement “a remnant will come back” (שְׁאָר יָשׁוּב, she’ar yashuv) in vv. 21–22 echoes and probably plays off the name of Isaiah’s son Shear-jashub (see 7:3). In its original context the name was meant to encourage Ahaz (see the note at 7:3), but here it has taken on new dimensions. In light of Ahaz’s failure and the judgment it brings down on the land, the name Shear-jashub now foreshadows the destiny of the nation. According to vv. 21–22, there is good news and bad news. The good news is that a remnant of God’s people will return; the bad news is that only a remnant will be preserved and come back. Like the name Immanuel, this name foreshadows both judgment (see the notes at 7:25 and 8:8) and ultimate restoration (see the note at 8:10).
Destruction has been decreed; ▼▼ Or “predetermined”; cf. ASV, NASB “is determined”; TEV “is in store.”
just punishment ▼▼ צְדָקָה (tsedaqah) often means “righteousness,” but here it refers to God’s just judgment.
is about to engulf you. ▼▼ Or “is about to overflow.”
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