Isaiah 10:23

23 For the Lord Yahweh of hosts [is] about to make a complete destruction and a determined end in the midst of all the earth.

Isaiah 10:23 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 10:23

For the Lord God of hosts shall make a consumption
Not of the land of Judea, as at the destruction of Jerusalem; but the meaning is, that he that is Lord of all, who does what he pleases in the armies above and below, will execute and accomplish a precise and absolute decree of his, concerning the salvation of the remnant of his people; which is his decree of election, and that standing sure, not upon the foot of works, but his own sovereign will: hence their salvation is sure and certain, and not precarious; even determined, in the midst of all the land;
that is, the determined decree should be executed in the several parts of the land of Judea, where this remnant was; for which reason the Gospel was preached in the several cities of Judah, in order to accomplish it, both by Christ and his apostles.

Isaiah 10:23 In-Context

21 A remnant will return-- the remnant of Jacob--to [the] mighty God.

22 For though your people Israel was like the sand of the sea, [only] a remnant of it will return. Annihilation [is] determined, overflowing [with] righteousness.

23 For the Lord Yahweh of hosts [is] about to make a complete destruction and a determined end in the midst of all the earth.

24 Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh of hosts: "My people who live [in] Zion, you must not be afraid of Assyria. It beats you with the rod, and it lifts up its staff against you {as the Egyptians did}.

25 [My] indignation will come to an end {in just a very little while}, and my anger [will be] directed to their destruction."