Isaiah 37:31

Isaiah 37:31 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward:
• New International Version (NIV)Once more a remnant of the kingdom of Judah will take root below and bear fruit above.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And the remnant who have escaped of the house of Judah Shall again take root downward, And bear fruit upward.
• New Living Translation (NLT)And you who are left in Judah, who have escaped the ravages of the siege, will put roots down in your own soil and grow up and flourish.

Context of Isaiah 37:31

29Because you have raged against me and your complacency has come to my ears, I will put my hook in your nose and my bit in your mouth, and I will turn you back on the way by which you came.' 30"And this shall be the sign for you: this year you shall eat what grows of itself, and in the second year what springs from that. Then in the third year sow and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat their fruit. And the surviving remnant of the house of Judah shall again take root downward and bear fruit upward. 32For out of Jerusalem shall go a remnant, and out of Mount Zion a band of survivors. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will do this. 33"Therefore thus says the Lord concerning the king of Assyria: He shall not come into this city or shoot an arrow there or come before it with a shield or cast up a siege mound against it.

Isaiah 37:31 word by word

וְיָ֨סְפָ֜ה פְּלֵיטַ֧ת בֵּית־יְהוּדָ֛ה הַנִּשְׁאָרָ֖ה שֹׁ֣רֶשׁ לְמָ֑טָּה וְעָשָׂ֥ה פְרִ֖י לְמָֽעְלָה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And the remnantשָׁאַרshâ'ar · to remainH7604
• that is escapedפְּלֵיטָהpelêyţâh pelêţâh · survivorH6413
• of the houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: householdH1004
• of Judahיְהוּדָהyehûdâh · JudahH3063
• shall againיָסַףyâsaph · to add: againH3254
• take rootשֹׁ֫רֶשׁsheresh · rootH8328
• downwardמַ֫טָּהmaţţâh · beneathH4295
• and bearעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to makeH6213
• fruitפְּרִיperîy · fruitH6529
• upwardמַ֫עַלma‛al · aboveH4605

Cross-references for Isaiah 37:31

• Isaiah 1:9If the Lord of hosts had not left us a few survivors, we should have been like Sodom, and become like Gomorrah.
• Isaiah 6:13And though a tenth remain in it, it will be burned again, like a terebinth or an oak, whose stump remains when it is felled." The holy seed is its stump.
• Isaiah 10:20In that day the remnant of Israel and the survivors of the house of Jacob will no more lean on him who struck them, but will lean on the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, in truth.
• Jeremiah 44:28And those who escape the sword shall return from the land of Egypt to the land of Judah, few in number; and all the remnant of Judah, who came to the land of Egypt to live, shall know whose word will stand, mine or theirs.
• Isaiah 27:6In days to come Jacob shall take root, Israel shall blossom and put forth shoots and fill the whole world with fruit.
• Isaiah 65:9I will bring forth offspring from Jacob, and from Judah possessors of my mountains; my chosen shall possess it, and my servants shall dwell there.
• 2 Kings 19:30And the surviving remnant of the house of Judah shall again take root downward and bear fruit upward.
• Psalms 80:9You cleared the ground for it; it took deep root and filled the land.
• Jeremiah 30:19Out of them shall come songs of thanksgiving, and the voices of those who celebrate. I will multiply them, and they shall not be few; I will make them honored, and they shall not be small.
• Romans 9:27And Isaiah cries out concerning Israel: "Though the number of the sons of Israel be as the sand of the sea, only a remnant of them will be saved,
• Romans 11:5So too at the present time there is a remnant, chosen by grace.
• Galatians 3:29And if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's offspring, heirs according to promise.

Commentaries on Isaiah 37:31

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 31And the remnant that is escaped - (See the margin.) Those that are left of the Jews. The ten tribes had been carried away; and it is not improbable that the inhabitants of the kingdom of Judah had been reduced by want, and by the siege of Lachish, Libnah, etc. It is not to be supposed that Sennacherib could have invaded the land, and spread desolation for so long a time, without diminishing the number of the people. The promise in the passage is, that…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 30-35In this prophecy of salvation, Isaiah assured Hezekiah that Jerusalem would be spared and that the remnant was under God’s protection. The names of Isaiah and his sons anticipated God's rescue (see Isaiah 7:1–11:16). The book’s record of God’s presence and rescue provided assurance that the Lord would always have a remnant that he will protect and rescue.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3131. remnant--Judah remained after the ten tribes were carried away; also those of Judah who should survive Sennacherib's invasion are meant.Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 37:31

• Assyria
• Blasphemy
• Israel, Prophecies Concerning
• Libnah

In the dictionaries

• Judah
• Judah, kingdom of Judah
• Judea, Judah
• Hezekiah
• Bible, the
• Chronicles, Books of
• Hezekiah (2)
• Isaiah
• Root
• Sennacherib

Commentaries on Isaiah 37

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings