Isaiah 10:22

“For though thy people Israel be as the sand of the sea, &c.] These words are spoken either by the Lord to the prophet, calling Israel his people; or by the prophet to Hezekiah, as Jarchi and Kimchi think; or they may be rendered thus, “for though thy people, O Israel, be as the sand of the sea”f188; that is, innumerable, as was promised to Abraham, (<012217>Genesis 22:17 <280110>Hosea 1:10): [yet] a remnant of them shall return; or “be converted in it”f189, to the Messiah; or “be saved”, as the apostle interprets it, (see Gill on “ <450927> Romans 9:27”); a remnant is a few, as Kimchi explains it, out of a great number: it signifies, that the majority of the Jewish nation should reject the…”

“yet--rather in the sense in which Paul quotes it (Rom 9:27), "Though Israel be now numerous as the sand, a remnant only of them shall return"--the great majority shall perish. The reason is added, Because "the consumption (fully completed destruction) is decreed (literally, decided on, brought to an issue), it overfloweth (Isa 30:28; Isa 8:8) with justice"; that is, the infliction of just punishment (Isa 5:16) [MAURER].”

“For though ... - In this verse, and in Isaiah 10:23. the prophet expresses positively the idea that “but” a remnant of the people should be preserved amidst the calamities. He had said Isaiah 10:20-21, that a remnant should return to God. He now carries forward the idea, and states that only a remnant should be preserved out of the multitude, however great it was. Admitting that the number was then very great, yet the great mass of the nation would be cut off, and only a small portion would remain. Thy people Israel - Or rather, ‘thy people, O Israel,’ making it a direct address to the Jews, rather than to God. Be as the sand of the sea - The sands of the sea cannot be numbered, and hence,…”

“A remnant - Or, a remnant only. The consumption - The destruction of Israel was already decreed by the fixed counsel of God, and therefore must needs be executed, and like a deluge overflow them. Righteousness - With justice, and yet with clemency, inasmuch as he has spared a considerable remnant of them, when he might have destroyed them utterly. Isaiah 10:23”

“10:22 God had similarly promised descendants as numerous as the sand of the seashore to Abraham (Gen 22:17). • rightly decided to destroy: God’s decision was a just response to the people’s persistent wickedness.”

“though thy: Kg1 4:20; Hos 1:10; Rom 9:27, Rom 11:5, Rom 11:6; Rev 20:8 yet a remnant: Isa 6:13 of: Heb. in, or, among the consumption: Isa 6:11, Isa 8:8, Isa 27:10, Isa 27:11, Isa 28:15-22; Dan 9:27; Rom 9:28 with: or, in, Gen 18:25; Act 17:31; Rom 2:5, Rom 3:5, Rom 3:6 Isaiah 10:23”

“To Him the remnant of Israel would turn, but only the remnant. "For if thy people were even as the sea-sand, the remnant thereof will turn: destruction is firmly determined, flowing away righteousness. For the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, completes the finishing stroke and that which is firmly determined, within the whole land." As the words are not preceded by any negative clause, ci 'im are not combined in the sense of sed or nisi; but they belong to two sentences, and signify nam si (for if). If the number of the Israelites were the highest that had been promised, only the remnant among them, or of them (bō partitive, like the French en), would turn, or, as the nearer definition ad Deum is…”