For the Lord will carry out His sentence on the earth thoroughly and decisively.”
Parallel translations
- WEB for He will finish the work and cut it short in righteousness, because the LORD will make a short work upon the earth.”
- KJV For he will finish the work, and cut it short in righteousness: because a short work will the Lord make upon the earth.
- NKJV For He will finish the work and cut it short in righteousness, Because the Lord will make a short work upon the earth.”
- NASB for the Lord will execute His word on the earth, thoroughly and quickly.”
- NLT For the Lord will carry out his sentence upon the earth quickly and with finality.”
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Quick answer
Isaiah says the Lord will carry out his sentence on the earth thoroughly and decisively. God's word of judgment will be fully and swiftly accomplished.
Overview
Completing the quotation from Isaiah 10:22-23, Paul stresses that God will execute his judgment completely and without delay. The remnant principle of v. 27 stands within a wider work of divine reckoning. The verse affirms that God's purposes, including both judgment and the preservation of a remnant, will be brought fully to pass, leaving no doubt of his sovereign control over history.
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- Isa 10:23For the Lord GOD of Hosts will carry out the destruction decreed upon the whole land.
- Rev 19:11Then I saw heaven standing open, and there before me was a white horse. And its rider is called Faithful and True. With righteousness He judges and wages war.
- Acts 17:31For He has set a day when He will judge the world with justice by the Man He has appointed. He has given proof of this to everyone by raising Him from the dead.”
- Ps 9:8He judges the world with justice; He governs the people with equity.
- Isa 30:12–14Therefore this is what the Holy One of Israel says: “Because you have rejected this message, trusting in oppression and relying on deceit,
- Isa 5:16But the LORD of Hosts will be exalted by His justice, and the holy God will show Himself holy in righteousness.
- Ps 65:5With awesome deeds of righteousness You answer us, O God of our salvation, the hope of all the ends of the earth and of the farthest seas.
- Matt 24:21For at that time there will be great tribulation, unmatched from the beginning of the world until now, and never to be seen again.
- Dan 9:26–27Then after the sixty-two weeks the Messiah will be cut off and will have nothing. Then the people of the prince who is to come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end will come like a flood, and until the end there will be war; desolations have been decreed.
- Isa 28:22So now, do not mock, or your shackles will become heavier. Indeed, I have heard from the Lord GOD of Hosts a decree of destruction against the whole land.
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