Isaiah 10 · Verse 23

Isaiah 10:23

For the Lord God of hosts shall make a consumption, even determined, in the midst of all the land.
Isaiah 10:23, King James Version

Isaiah 10:23 in other translations

BSBFor the Lord GOD of Hosts will carry out the destruction decreed upon the whole land.
WEBFor the Lord, GOD of Armies, will make a full end, and that determined, throughout all the earth.
ASVFor a full end, and that determined, will the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, make in the midst of all the earth.
YLTFor a consumption that is determined, The Lord, Jehovah of Hosts, Is making in the midst of all the land.
DARBYFor a consumption, and one determined, will the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, accomplish in the midst of all the land.
BBEFor the Lord, the Lord of armies, is about to make destruction complete in all the land.
WebsterFor the Lord GOD of hosts will make a consumption, even determined, in the midst of all the land.

What does Isaiah 10:23 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
23. even determined--"A consumption, and whatever is determined," or decreed [Maurer]. midst--Zion, the central point of the earth as to Jehovah's presence. land--Israel. But the Septuagint, "in the whole habitable world." So English Version (Ro 9:28), "upon the earth."

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Isaiah 10:20-34

By our afflictions we may learn not to make creatures our confidence. Those only can with comfort stay upon God, who return to him in truth, not in pretence and profession only. God will justly bring this wasting away on a provoking people, but will graciously set bounds to it. It is against the mind and will of God, that his people, whatever happens, should give way to fear. God's anger against his people is but…

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Isaiah 10:23 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

כִּ֥יkiforH3588
כָלָ֖הkha.Lahcomplete destructionH3617
וְנֶחֱרָצָ֑הve.ne.che.ra.Tzahand [what] has been decidedH2782
אֲדֹנָ֤י'a.do.Nai[the] LordH136
יְהוִה֙Yah.wehYahwehH3069
צְבָא֔וֹתtze.va.'otof hostsH6635
עֹשֶׂ֖ה'o.Seh[is] about to doH6213
בְּקֶ֥רֶבbe.Ke.revin [the] midst ofH7130
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
הָאָֽרֶץ\׃\ \סha.'A.retzthe landH776

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Cross references for Isaiah 10:23

  • Isaiah 28:22

    Now therefore be ye not mockers, lest your bands be made strong: for I have heard from the Lord God of hosts a consumption, even determined upon the whole earth.

  • Isaiah 24:1-23

    Behold, the Lord maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof. And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest; as with the servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender, so with the borrower; as with the taker of usury, so with the giver of usury to him. The land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly spoiled: for the Lord hath spoken this word. The earth mourneth and fadeth away, the world languisheth and fadeth away, the haughty people of the earth do languish. …

  • Romans 9:28

    For he will finish the work, and cut it short in righteousness: because a short work will the Lord make upon the earth.

  • Daniel 4:35

    And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou?

  • Isaiah 14:26-27

    This is the purpose that is purposed upon the whole earth: and this is the hand that is stretched out upon all the nations. For the Lord of hosts hath purposed, and who shall disannul it? and his hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back?

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determined.
14:26,27; 24:1-23; Da 4:35

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Context

  • Isaiah 10:22

    For though thy people Israel be as the sand of the sea, yet a remnant of them shall return: the consumption decreed shall overflow with righteousness.

  • Isaiah 10:23

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

  • Isaiah 10:24

    Therefore thus saith the Lord God of hosts, O my people that dwellest in Zion, be not afraid of the Assyrian: he shall smite thee with a rod, and shall lift up his staff against thee, after the manner of Egypt.

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Isaiah 10:23 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Pues el Señor Jehová de los ejércitos hará consumación y fenecimiento en medio de la tierra.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Car le Seigneur, l’ Éternel des armées, accomplit au milieu de toute la terre une consomption, et une consomption décrétée.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Denn der Herr, Jehova der Heerscharen, vollführt Vernichtung und Festbeschlossenes inmitten der ganzen Erde.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Consummationem enim et abbreviationem Dominus Deus exercituum faciet in medio omnis terræ.