<P> The remnant is a recurring theme throughout the Hebrew and Christian Bible . The Anchor Bible Dictionary describes it as "What is left of a community after it undergoes a catastrophe". The concept has stronger representation in the Hebrew Bible and Christian Old Testament than in the Christian New Testament . </P> <P> According to the Book of Isaiah, the "remnant" (Hebrew: שְׁאָר ‎ shear) is a small group of Israelites who will survive the invasion of the Assyrian army under Tiglath - Pileser III (Isaiah 10: 20--22). The remnant is promised that they will one day be brought back to the Promised Land by Yahweh (Isaiah 11: 11--16). Isaiah again uses the terminology during Sennacherib's siege of Jerusalem (Isaiah 37). </P>

What is a remnant according to the bible