The remnant that has escaped of the house of Judah will again take root downward, and bear fruit upward.
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The remnant that has escaped of the house of Judah will again take root downward, and bear fruit upward.
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And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall yet again take root downward, and bear fruit upward.
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And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward.
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Passages linked to 2 Kings 19:30 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- 2 Kings 19:4 It may be Yahweh your God will hear all the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master has sent to defy the living God, and will rebuke the words which Yahweh your God has heard. Therefore lift up your prayer for the remnant that is left.’ ”
- Isaiah 27:6 In days to come, Jacob will take root. Israel will blossom and bud. They will fill the surface of the world with fruit.
- 2 Chronicles 32:22-23 Thus Yahweh saved Hezekiah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem from the hand of Sennacherib the king of Assyria and from the hand of all others, and guided them on every side. Many brought gifts to Yahweh to Jerusalem, and precious things to Hezekiah king of Judah; so that he was exalted in the sight of all nations from then on.
- Isaiah 10:20-22 It will come to pass in that day that the remnant of Israel, and those who have escaped from the house of Jacob will no more again lean on him who struck them, but shall lean on Yahweh, the Holy One of Israel, in truth. A remnant will return, even the remnant of Jacob, to the mighty God. For though your people, Israel, are like the sand of the sea, only a remnant of them will return. A destruction is determined, overflowing with righteousness.
- Isaiah 1:9 Unless Yahweh of Armies had left to us a very small remnant, we would have been as Sodom. We would have been like Gomorrah.
- Isaiah 37:31-32 The remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah will again take root downward, and bear fruit upward. For out of Jerusalem a remnant will go out, and survivors will escape from Mount Zion. The zeal of Yahweh of Armies will perform this.’
- Psalms 80:9 You cleared the ground for it. It took deep root, and filled the land.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain The Lord will multiply in great number, that small…
The Lord will multiply in great number, that small remnant of Judah that is escaped.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 2Ki 19:30 And the remnant that is escaped of…
2Ki 19:30 And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall yet again take root downward, and bear fruit upward.
Ver. 30. And the remnant that is escaped,] sc., From the sword of the Assyrian, which had devoured much flesh, and drunk much blood amongst them.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain i. e. shall increase and multiply greatly; a metaphor…
i. e. shall increase and multiply greatly; a metaphor from plants. Compare Job 29:19.
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible (1683–1685) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain The remnant, &c. - They shall be well fixt…
The remnant, &c. - They shall be well fixt and provided for themselves, and then do good to others.
John Wesley, Explanatory Notes Upon the Whole Bible (1754–1765) — public domain. Text via the GEBible commentary corpus.
Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 30. The remnant - shall yet again take…
Verse 30. The remnant - shall yet again take root] As your corn shall take root in the soil, and bring forth and abundantly multiply itself, so shall the Jewish people; the population shall be greatly increased, and the desolations occasioned by the sword soon be forgotten.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain 2Ki 19:30. The remnant that is escaped shall yet…
2Ki 19:30. The remnant that is escaped shall yet again bear fruit upward — Shall increase and multiply greatly. It is a metaphor taken from plants. “The prophet passes from fields to men, and from the cultivation of land to the state of the church; for, having just said, that, being delivered from the Assyrians, they should cultivate their land as usual, he adds, that it should also come to pass that the kingdom and church, delivered from this calamity, should flourish again, increase, and bring forth much fruit; which we know happened under Hezekiah.” — Dodd.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain The remnant that is escaped - Terrible ravages seem…
The remnant that is escaped - Terrible ravages seem to have been committed in the first attack (2Ki 18:13 note). And though the second invasion was comparatively harmless, yet it probably fell heavily on the cities of the west and the southwest. Thus the “escaped” were but “a remnant.”
Bear fruit upward - The flourishing time of Josiah is the special fulfillment of this prophecy 2Ki 23:15-20.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Upward, like a fruitful tree. (Haydock)
Upward, like a fruitful tree. (Haydock)
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 30. The remnant… of Judah — Those who witness…
30. The remnant… of Judah — Those who witness the sign just mentioned, having been delivered from the hand of Assyria. There is here a reference to the remnant for whom the king had asked Isaiah to pray. Ver.
Daniel D. Whedon (gen. ed.), Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1874–1909) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 30. The remnant … shall yet again take rool]…
30. The remnant … shall yet again take rool] Just as in the case of their crops, so shall it be with the people. God shall preserve a remnant, as He was doing in the shed grain of the harvest, and these shall once more grow up, in spite of their present low estate.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (30) The remnant that is escaped of the house…
(30) The remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah.—Rather, the survival (survivors) of the house of Judah that are left. (Comp. Isa_11:11-16.)
Shall yet again take root.—Literally, shall add root, i.e., shall take firmer root, like a tree after a storm. The figure naturally follows on the language of 2Ki_19:29. It is thoroughly in the style of Isaiah. (Comp. Isa_6:13; Isa_27:6.)
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain And the remnant that is escaped of the house…
And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah. Sennacherib, who in his first expedition had carried away out of Judaea 200, 150 prisoners ("Eponym Canon" p. 134, line 12), had in his second probably done considerable damage to the towns in the south-west of Palestine Lachish, for instance, which was a city of Judah. (2Ki_14:19) The open country had been wasted, great numbers killed, and many probably carried off by famine and pestilence. Thus both Hezekiah (ver. 4) and Isaiah regard the population still in the land as a mere "remnant." Shall yet again take root downwardi.e. , be firmly fixed and established in the land, like a vigorous tree that strikes its roots into the soil deeplyand bear fruit upward; i.e. exhibit all the outward signs of prosperity. The reign of Josiah, when the Jewish dominion embraced the whole of Palestine, (2Ki_23:15-20) was the special fulfillment of this prophecy.
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