Isaiah 10:21

10:21 A remnant will come back, a remnant of Jacob, to the mighty God. ¹ 

Isaiah 10:19

10:19 There will be so few trees left in his forest,

a child will be able to count them. ² 

Isaiah 21:17

21:17 Just a handful of archers, the warriors of Kedar, will be left.” ³  Indeed, ⁴  the Lord God of Israel has spoken.

Isaiah 28:5

28:5 At that time ⁵  the Lord who commands armies will become a beautiful crown

and a splendid diadem for the remnant of his people.

Isaiah 10:22

10:22 For though your people, Israel, are as numerous as ⁶  the sand on the seashore, only a remnant will come back. ⁷  Destruction has been decreed; ⁸  just punishment ⁹  is about to engulf you. ¹⁰ 

Isaiah 11:16

11:16 There will be a highway leading out of Assyria

for the remnant of his people, ¹¹ 

just as there was for Israel,

when ¹²  they went up from the land of Egypt.

Isaiah 14:22

14:22 “I will rise up against them,”

says the Lord who commands armies.

“I will blot out all remembrance of Babylon and destroy all her people, ¹³ 

including the offspring she produces,” ¹⁴ 

says the Lord.

Isaiah 17:3

17:3 Fortified cities will disappear from Ephraim,

and Damascus will lose its kingdom. ¹⁵ 

The survivors in Syria

will end up like the splendor of the Israelites,”

says the Lord who commands armies.

Isaiah 10:20

10:20 At that time ¹⁶  those left in Israel, those who remain of the family ¹⁷  of Jacob, will no longer rely on a foreign leader that abuses them. ¹⁸  Instead they will truly ¹⁹  rely on the Lord, the Holy One of Israel. ²⁰ 

Isaiah 11:11

11:11 At that time ²¹  the sovereign master ²²  will again lift his hand ²³  to reclaim ²⁴  the remnant of his people ²⁵  from Assyria, Egypt, Pathros, ²⁶  Cush, ²⁷  Elam, Shinar, ²⁸  Hamath, and the seacoasts. ²⁹ 

Isaiah 16:14

16:14 Now the Lord makes this announcement: “Within exactly three years ³⁰  Moab’s splendor will disappear, along with all her many people; there will be just a few, insignificant survivors left.” ³¹ 

[10:21]  ¹ tn The referent of אֵל גִּבּוֹר (’el gibbor, “mighty God”) is uncertain. The title appears only here and in 9:6, where it is one of the royal titles of the coming ideal Davidic king. (Similar titles appear in Deut 10:17 and Neh 9:32 [“the great, mighty, and awesome God”] and in Jer 32:18 [“the great and mighty God”]. Both titles refer to God.) Though Hos 3:5 pictures Israel someday seeking “David their king,” and provides some support for a messianic interpretation of Isa 10:21, the Davidic king is not mentioned in the immediate context of Isa 10:21 (see Isa 11, however). The preceding verse mentions Israel relying on the Lord, so it is likely that the title refers to God here.

[10:19]  ² tn Heb “and the rest of the trees of his forest will be counted, and a child will record them.”

[21:17]  ³ tn Heb “and the remnant of the number of the bow, the mighty men of the sons of Kedar, will be few.”

[21:17]  ⁴ tn Or “for” (KJV, ASV, NAB, NASB, NRSV).

[28:5]  ⁴ tn Or “in that day” (KJV).

[10:22]  ⁵ tn Heb “are like.”

[10:22]  ⁶ sn 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).

[10:22]  ⁷ tn Or “predetermined”; cf. ASV, NASB “is determined”; TEV “is in store.”

[10:22]  ⁸ tn צְדָקָה (tsÿdaqah) often means “righteousness,” but here it refers to God’s just judgment.

[10:22]  ⁹ tn Or “is about to overflow.”

[11:16]  ⁶ tn Heb “and there will be a highway for the remnant of his people who remain, from Assyria.”

[11:16]  ⁷ tn Heb “in the day” (so KJV).

[14:22]  ⁷ tn Heb “I will cut off from Babylon name and remnant” (ASV, NAB, and NRSV all similar).

[14:22]  ⁸ tn Heb “descendant and child.”

[17:3]  ⁸ tn Heb “and kingship from Damascus”; cf. NASB “And sovereignty from Damascus.”

[10:20]  ⁹ tn Or “in that day.” The verb that introduces this verse serves as a discourse particle and is untranslated; see note on “in the future” in 2:2.

[10:20]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “house” (so KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV).

[10:20]  ¹¹ tn Heb “on one who strikes him down.” This individual is the king (“foreign leader”) of the oppressing nation (which NLT specifies as “the Assyrians”).

[10:20]  ¹² tn Or “sincerely”; KJV, ASV, NAB, NRSV “in truth.”

[10:20]  ¹³ sn See the note on the phrase “the Holy One of Israel” in 1:4.

[11:11]  ¹⁰ tn Or “in that day” (KJV). The verb that introduces this verse serves as a discourse particle and is untranslated; see note on “in the future” in 2:2.

[11:11]  ¹¹ tn The Hebrew term translated “sovereign master” here is אֲדֹנָי (’adonai).

[11:11]  ¹² tc The Hebrew text reads, “the sovereign master will again, a second time, his hand.” The auxiliary verb יוֹסִיף (yosif), which literally means “add,” needs a main verb to complete it. Consequently many emend שֵׁנִית (shenit, “a second time”) to an infinitive. Some propose the form שַׁנֹּת (shannot, a Piel infinitive construct from שָׁנָה, shanah) and relate it semantically to an Arabic cognate meaning “to be high.” If the Hebrew text is retained a verb must be supplied. “Second time” would allude back to the events of the Exodus (see vv. 15-16).

[11:11]  ¹³ tn Or “acquire”; KJV, ASV, NASB, NRSV “recover.”

[11:11]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “the remnant of his people who remain.”

[11:11]  ¹⁵ sn Perhaps a reference to Upper (i.e., southern) Egypt (so NIV, NLT; NCV “South Egypt”).

[11:11]  ¹⁶ tn Or “Ethiopia” (NAB, NRSV, NLT).

[11:11]  ¹⁷ tn Or “Babylonia” (NIV, NCV, TEV, NLT).

[11:11]  ¹⁸ tn Or perhaps, “the islands of the sea.”

[16:14]  ¹¹ tn Heb “in three years, like the years of a hired worker.” The three years must be reckoned exactly, just as a hired worker would carefully keep track of the time he had agreed to work for an employer in exchange for a predetermined wage.

[16:14]  ¹² tn Heb “and the splendor of Moab will be disgraced with all the great multitude, and a small little remnant will not be strong.”