The Meaning of Isaiah 10:23 Explained

Isaiah 10:23

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

YLT: For a consumption that is determined, The Lord, Jehovah of Hosts, Is making in the midst of all the land.

Darby: For a consumption, and one determined, will the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, accomplish in the midst of all the land.

ASV: For a full end, and that determined, will the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, make in the midst of all the earth.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Isaiah 10:23 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Isaiah 10

1  The woe of tyrants
5  Assyria, the rod of hypocrites, for its pride shall be broken
20  A remnant of Israel shall be saved
23  Judah is comforted with promise of deliverance from Assyria

What do the individual words in Isaiah 10:23 mean?

For a end and determined the Lord GOD of hosts will make in the midst of all the land -
כִּ֥י כָלָ֖ה וְנֶחֱרָצָ֑ה אֲדֹנָ֤י יְהוִה֙ צְבָא֔וֹת עֹשֶׂ֖ה בְּקֶ֥רֶב כָּל־ הָאָֽרֶץ ס

כָלָ֖ה  a  end 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: כָּלָה  
Sense: completion, termination, full end, complete destruction, consumption, annihilation.
וְנֶחֱרָצָ֑ה  and  determined 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Nifal, Participle, feminine singular
Root: חָרוּץ 
Sense: to cut, sharpen, decide, decree, determine, maim, move, be decisive, be mutilated.
אֲדֹנָ֤י  the  Lord 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: אֲדֹנָי  
Sense: my lord, lord.
יְהוִה֙  GOD 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: Jehovah—used primarily in the combination ‘Lord Jehovah’.
צְבָא֔וֹת  of  hosts 
Parse: Noun, common plural
Root: צָבָא 
Sense: that which goes forth, army, war, warfare, host.
עֹשֶׂ֖ה  will  make 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine singular
Root: עָשָׂה 
Sense: to do, fashion, accomplish, make.
בְּקֶ֥רֶב  in  the  midst 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: קֶרֶב  
Sense: midst, among, inner part, middle.
כָּל־  of  all 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
הָאָֽרֶץ  the  land 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: אֶרֶץ  
Sense: land, earth.
ס  - 
Parse: Punctuation

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