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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4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsAnd the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward.
And the surviving remnant of the house of Judah will again take root below and bear fruit above.
And it hath continued--The escaped of the house of Judah That hath been left--to take root beneath, And hath made fruit upward.
And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah Shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward;
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old Testament2 Kings — Two kingdoms on parallel but diverging arcs. Elisha's ministry; Samaria falls to Assyria in 722 BC; Jerusalem falls to Babylon in 586 BC. Prophets interpose; kings refuse; the exile comes — and closes on a whisper of covenant hope.
- Author
- Compiler anonymous; Jewish tradition attributes to Jeremiah (same as 1 Kings)
- Date
- Events c. 852–560 BC; closing coda places composition in the mid-exile, c. 560 BC