Isaiah 10:23

For the Lord GOD of Hosts will carry out the destruction decreed upon the whole land.

Berean Standard Bible

Study note

Setting — The prophet Isaiah addresses the remnant of Israel in Zion during the Assyrian threat, bridging the promise of a returning remnant and the command to stop fearing the invading army.

The words — The verse centers on כָלָה (khalah), meaning complete destruction, and נֶחֱרָצָה (necheratzah), meaning what has been decisively decreed. These terms frame the declaration that Yahweh of hosts will execute a finalized judgment in the midst of the land.

The thread — This motif of a divinely decreed destruction sweeping the earth recurs in Isaiah 14:26, Isaiah 24:1, and Isaiah 28:22.

Why it lands — The text states that God will carry out a fixed judgment upon the whole land. This requires readers to acknowledge divine sovereignty over historical events and abandon reliance on human power or political fear.

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The Hebrew words

כִּ֥יkifor כָלָ֖הkha.Lahcomplete destruction וְנֶחֱרָצָ֑הve./ne.che.ra.Tzahand/ [what] has been decided אֲדֹנָ֤י'a.do.Nai[the] Lord יְהוִה֙Yah.wehYahweh צְבָא֔וֹתtze.va.'otof hosts עֹשֶׂ֖ה'o.Seh[is] about to do בְּקֶ֥רֶבbe./Ke.revin/ [the] midst of כָּל־kol-all הָאָֽרֶץ׃ סha./'A.retzthe/ land

King James Version

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

Cross-references

Isaiah 28:22 So now, do not mock, or your shackles will become heavier. Indeed, I have heard from the Lord GOD of Hosts a decree of destruction against the whole land.
Isaiah 14:26 This is the plan devised for the whole earth, and this is the hand stretched out over all the nations.
Isaiah 24:1 Behold, the LORD lays waste the earth and leaves it in ruins. He will twist its surface and scatter its inhabitants—
Daniel 4:35 All the peoples of the earth are counted as nothing, and He does as He pleases with the army of heaven and the peoples of the earth. There is no one who can restrain His hand or say to Him, ‘What have You done?’”
Romans 9:28 For the Lord will carry out His sentence on the earth thoroughly and decisively.”