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A remnant shall return, [even] the remnant of Jacob, to the mighty God.
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A Promise in a Name
Multiple commentators (Ellicott, Calvin, Gill) highlight that the phrase 'A remnant shall return' is the literal meaning of the name of Isaiah's son, Shear-jashub (Isaiah 7:3). This connection shows that the prophecy was a living, tangible promise, reinforcing God's faithfulness to preserve and bring back a portion of His people.
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Isaiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The remnant ... — That is, those who will be left after the invasion of Sennacherib.
Shall return — Will abandon their idolatr…
19th Century
Anglican
The remnant shall return ... —The very form of the words (Shear-jashub) shows that the prophet had the “Immanuel…
16th Century
Protestant
A remnant shall return. This is a confirmation of the previous statement. Yet in the words שאר ישוב (Shear Yashub), a
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
The remnant shall return This is said in allusion to Shearjashub, the name of Isaiah's son, (Isaiah 7:3) which signifie…
Through our afflictions, we may learn not to place our confidence in created things. Only those who return to him in truth, not in pretense and out…
13th Century
Catholic
1. Woe to them that make wicked laws. Here he begins to threaten the foreign enemies who persecute them physically.
He threa…
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