John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 10:21
The remnant shall return ,.... This is said in allusion to Shearjashub, the name of Isaiah's son, Isaiah 7:3 which signifies "the remnant shall return", and was imposed on him, to give assurance of it; meaning, either that they should return from the Babylonish captivity, as they did, or to God by repentance; or rather the sense is, they shall turn to the Lord, be converted to Christ, to the faith and obedience of him, as some of them were when he came, a few, not all, only a remnant, as... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 10:20-23
The prophet had said (Isa. 10:12) that the Lord would perform his whole work upon Mount Zion and upon Jerusalem, by Sennacherib's invading the land. Now here we are told what that work should be, a twofold work:? I. The conversion of some, to whom this providence should be sanctified and yield the peaceable fruit of righteousness, though for the present it was not joyous, but grievous; these are but a remnant (Isa. 10:22), the remnant of Israel (Isa. 10:20), the remnant of Jacob (Isa. 10:21),... read more