Isaiah 10:21

21 A remnant will return,^[a] a remnant of Jacob will return to the Mighty God.

Isaiah 10:21 in Other Translations

21 The remnant shall return, even the remnant of Jacob, unto the mighty God.

21 A remnant will return, the remnant of Jacob, to the mighty God.

21 A remnant will return; yes, the remnant of Jacob will return to the Mighty God.

21 The ragtag remnant - what's left of Jacob - will come back to the Strong God.

21 A remnant shall return, [even] the remnant of Jacob, unto the mighty God.

21 A few, the remaining few of Jacob, will return to the mighty God.

21 The remnant will return, the remnant of Jacob, to the Mighty God.

21 The people of Jacob who are still alive will return to the Mighty God.

Isaiah 10:21 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 10:21

The remnant shall return
This is said in allusion to Shearjashub, the name of Isaiah's son, ( Isaiah 7:3 ) which signifies "the remnant shall return", and was imposed on him, to give assurance of it; meaning, either that they should return from the Babylonish captivity, as they did, or to God by repentance; or rather the sense is, they shall turn to the Lord, be converted to Christ, to the faith and obedience of him, as some of them were when he came, a few, not all, only a remnant, as it is explained in the next clause: [even] the remnant of Jacob, to the mighty God;
the Messiah, so called, ( Isaiah 9:6 ) . The Targum is,

``the remnant which have not sinned, and are turned from sin; the remnant of the house of Jacob shall return to worship before the mighty God.''

Isaiah 10:21 In-Context

19 And the remaining trees of his forests will be so few that a child could write them down.

20 In that day the remnant of Israel, the survivors of Jacob, will no longer rely on him who struck them down but will truly rely on the LORD, the Holy One of Israel.

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

22 Though your people be like the sand by the sea, Israel, only a remnant will return. Destruction has been decreed, overwhelming and righteous.

23 The Lord, the LORD Almighty, will carry out the destruction decreed upon the whole land.

Cross References

• 1. S Genesis 45:7; Isaiah 6:13; Zephaniah 3:13
• 2. Isaiah 7:3
• 3. S Isaiah 9:6

Footnotes

• [a]. Hebrew "shear-jashub" (see 7:3 and note); also in verse 22