2 Kings 19:30

2 Kings 19:30 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall yet 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 King James Version (NKJV)And the remnant who have escaped of the house of Judah Shall again take root downward, And bear fruit upward.

Context of 2 Kings 19:30

28And because of your raging against me and your arrogance, which I have heard for myself, I will put my hook in your nose and my bit in your mouth. I will make you return by the same road on which you came.” 29Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, “Here is the proof that what I say is true: “This year you will eat only what grows up by itself, and next year you will eat what springs up from that. But in the third year you will plant crops and harvest them; you will tend vineyards and eat their fruit. And you who are left in Judah, who have escaped the ravages of the siege, will put roots down in your own soil and will grow up and flourish. 31For a remnant of my people will spread out from Jerusalem, a group of survivors from Mount Zion. The passionate commitment of the Lord of Heaven’s Armies will make this happen! 32“And this is what the Lord says about the king of Assyria: “His armies will not enter Jerusalem. They will not even shoot an arrow at it. They will not march outside its gates with their shields nor build banks of earth against its walls.

2 Kings 19:30 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 yet againיָסַףyâsaph · to add: againH3254
• take rootשֹׁ֫רֶשׁsheresh · rootH8328
• downwardמַ֫טָּהmaţţâh · beneathH4295
• and bearעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to makeH6213
• fruitפְּרִיperîy · fruitH6529
• upwardמַ֫עַלma‛al · aboveH4605

Cross-references for 2 Kings 19:30

• 2 Kings 19:4But perhaps the Lord your God has heard the Assyrian chief of staff, sent by the king to defy the living God, and will punish him for his words. Oh, pray for those of us who are left!”
• 2 Chronicles 32:22That is how the Lord rescued Hezekiah and the people of Jerusalem from King Sennacherib of Assyria and from all the others who threatened them. So there was peace throughout the land.
• Isaiah 1:9If the Lord of Heaven’s Armies had not spared a few of us, we would have been wiped out like Sodom, destroyed like Gomorrah.
• Isaiah 10:20In that day the remnant left in Israel, the survivors in the house of Jacob, will no longer depend on allies who seek to destroy them. But they will faithfully trust the Lord, the Holy One of Israel.
• Psalms 80:9You cleared the ground for us, and we took root and filled the land.
• Isaiah 27:6The time is coming when Jacob’s descendants will take root. Israel will bud and blossom and fill the whole earth with fruit!
• Isaiah 37:31And 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.

Commentaries on 2 Kings 19:30

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 30The 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.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 30The remnant that is escaped - Terrible ravages seem to have been committed in the first attack (2 Kings 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 2 Kings 23:15-20.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 20-34Verses 20-34 All Sennacherib's motions were under the Divine cognizance. God himself undertakes to defend the city; and that person, that place, cannot but be safe, which he undertakes to protect. The invasion of the Assyrians probably had prevented the land from being sown that year. The next is supposed to have been the sabbatical year, but the Lord engaged that the produce of the land should be sufficient for their support during those two years. As…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 29-30this will be a sign: The Lord’s message of hope included a sign that Jerusalem would be saved from the siege. The sign was God providing food. Since the Assyrians had devastated the land, people would rely on random crop growth to survive. The food supply would still be limited the following year. But by the third year, regular planting and harvesting would resume.Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Kings 19:30

• Hezekiah
• Jerusalem
• Prophecy

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Commentaries on 2 Kings 19

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