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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And the surviving remnant 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 your rage against Me and your tumult Have come up to My ears, Therefore I will put My hook in your nose And My bridle in your lips, And I will turn you back By the way which you came.” ’ 30“This shall be a sign to you: You shall eat this year such as grows of itself, And the second year what springs from the same; Also in the third year sow and reap, Plant vineyards and eat the fruit of them. And the remnant who have escaped of the house of Judah Shall again take root downward, And bear fruit upward. 32For out of Jerusalem shall go a remnant, And those who escape from Mount Zion. 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, Nor shoot an arrow there, Nor come before it with shield, Nor build 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 1:9Unless the Lord of hosts Had left to us a very small remnant, We would have become like Sodom, We would have been made like Gomorrah.
• Isaiah 6:13But yet a tenth will be in it, And will return and be for consuming, As a terebinth tree or as an oak, Whose stump remains when it is cut down. So the holy seed shall be its stump.”
• Isaiah 10:20And it shall come to pass in that day That the remnant of Israel, And such as have escaped of the house of Jacob, Will never again depend on him who defeated them, But will depend on the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, in truth.
• Jeremiah 44:28Yet a small number who escape the sword shall return from the land of Egypt to the land of Judah; and all the remnant of Judah, who have gone to the land of Egypt to dwell there, shall know whose words will stand, Mine or theirs.
• Isaiah 27:6Those who come He shall cause to take root in Jacob; Israel shall blossom and bud, And fill the face of the world with fruit.
• Isaiah 65:9I will bring forth descendants from Jacob, And from Judah an heir of My mountains; My elect shall inherit it, And My servants shall dwell there.
• 2 Kings 19:30And the remnant who have escaped of the house of Judah Shall again take root downward, And bear fruit upward.
• Psalms 80:9You prepared room for it, And caused it to take deep root, And it filled the land.
• Jeremiah 30:19Then out of them shall proceed thanksgiving And the voice of those who make merry; I will multiply them, and they shall not diminish; I will also glorify them, and they shall not be small.
• Romans 9:27Isaiah also cries out concerning Israel: “Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, The remnant will be saved.
• Romans 11:5Even so then, at this present time there is a remnant according to the election of grace.
• Galatians 3:29And if you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the 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
• 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