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.
Cross-reference
In Isaiah 6:11, the total desolation described is the judgment that leaves only a remnant as in 10:22 — two sides of the same prophecy.
In Isaiah 6:13, the same remnant theme appears: a tenth remains like a stump — the holy seed that survives judgment.
In Isaiah 28:22, the same phrase 'destruction decreed' appears — a direct parallel to the decree in 10:22.
Isaiah 1:9 acknowledges that only a few survivors remain, directly paralleling the remnant theme here.
Isaiah 17:6 uses olive gleanings as a remnant image, mirroring the remnant of Israel promised here.
Isaiah 28:22 mentions a decree of destruction from the Lord, using the same phrase as the 'decree of destruction' here.
In Isaiah 37:4, Hezekiah prays for the remnant left — directly echoing the remnant theme from Isaiah 10:22's promise of a surviving few.
In Isaiah 46:3, God addresses the 'remnant of the house of Israel' — reinforcing the same remnant concept from Isaiah 10:22.
In Isaiah 48:19, God promises descendants like sand if they obeyed — a conditional promise opposite to the decree of remnant-only return.
Romans 11:6 explains that the remnant is chosen by grace, not works, clarifying the basis of the salvation promised here.
1 Kings 4:20 describes Israel's multitude as 'sand of the sea' — the abundance that Isaiah says will be reduced to a remnant.
Romans 11:5 echoes the remnant theme, stating that a remnant chosen by grace exists in Paul's time.
In Romans 9:28, Paul quotes the LXX of this verse ('sentence fully and without delay') — a direct citation of the decreed destruction.
Romans 9:27 quotes this verse directly, applying the remnant concept to the gospel age.
Hosea 1:10 uses the same 'sand of the sea' imagery for future restoration, contrasting with the remnant-only outcome here.
In Joel 2:32, survivors in Zion call on the Lord — a remnant theme parallel to Isaiah 10:22's remnant that returns.
In Amos 5:3, cities reduced to a tenth — directly parallels Isaiah 10:22's arithmetic of a remnant left after judgment.
In Micah 4:7, God makes the lame a remnant and a strong nation — echoes Isaiah 10:22's remnant promise with a future hope.
In Ezekiel 12:16, God spares a few from judgment to testify among nations — mirrors Isaiah 10:22's remnant spared from destruction.
In Jeremiah 44:28, a small remnant returns from Egypt — parallel to Isaiah 10:22's 'only a remnant will return' after judgment.
In Jeremiah 3:14, God gathers a remnant — one from a city, two from a family — echoing the remnant return theme from Isaiah 10:22.