Bible Strands
Isaiah 10:21
A remnant will return—a remnant of Jacob—to the Mighty God.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Isaiah addresses the house of Jacob and the remnant of Israel following the Assyrian invasion, marking a decisive shift from foreign reliance to divine dependence.
The words — The Hebrew יָשׁ֖וּב (ya.Shuv) translates literally as "it will return," paired with שְׁאָ֥ר (she.'Ar) for "remnant," denoting a purposeful turning back rather than mere survival.
The thread — This remnant motif continues in Isaiah 10:20 and 10:22, while the imperative to return echoes Hosea 6:1.
Why it lands — The text requires a reader to abandon reliance on human or political security and accept that only a surviving portion will turn to the Mighty God.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
The remnant shall return, even the remnant of Jacob, unto the mighty God.
Cross-references
- Isaiah 9:6 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given, and the government will be upon His shoulders. And He will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
- Hosea 6:1 Come, let us return to the LORD. For He has torn us to pieces, but He will heal us; He has wounded us, but He will bind up our wounds.
- 2 Corinthians 3:14 But their minds were closed. For to this day the same veil remains at the reading of the old covenant. It has not been lifted, because only in Christ can it be removed.
- Isaiah 7:3 Then the LORD said to Isaiah, “Go out with your son Shear-jashub to meet Ahaz at the end of the aqueduct that feeds the upper pool, on the road to the Launderer’s Field,
- Isaiah 9:13 But the people did not return to Him who struck them; they did not seek the LORD of Hosts.
- Isaiah 19:22 And the LORD will strike Egypt with a plague; He will strike them but heal them. They will turn to the LORD, and He will hear their prayers and heal them.
- Isaiah 55:7 Let the wicked man forsake his way and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that He may have compassion, and to our God, for He will freely pardon.
- Isaiah 65:8 This is what the LORD says: “As the new wine is found in a cluster of grapes, and men say, ‘Do not destroy it, for it contains a blessing,’ so I will act on behalf of My servants; I will not destroy them all.
- Hosea 7:10 Israel’s arrogance testifies against them, yet they do not return to the LORD their God; despite all this, they do not seek Him.
- Hosea 7:16 They turn, but not to the Most High; they are like a faulty bow. Their leaders will fall by the sword for the cursing of their tongue; for this they will be ridiculed in the land of Egypt.