Isaiah 10:22-23

Isaiah 10:22-23

[22] 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.  [23] For the Lord  GOD  of hosts  shall make  a consumption,  even determined,  in the midst  of all the land. 

What does Isaiah 10:22-23 Mean?

Contextual Meaning

God had promised Abraham that his descendants would be as numerous as the sand grains of the sea ( Genesis 22:17; Genesis 32:12). This did not mean, as the Israelites in Isaiah"s day apparently concluded, that they would always be a large people. No, God would so thoroughly destroy them because of their sin that only a small number would survive (cf. Romans 9:27-28). The sovereign Yahweh of armies would destroy them throughout the whole Promised Land, not just in the Northern Kingdom.