Isaiah 37:31
in Isaiah 37And the surviving remnant of the house of Judah will again take root below and bear fruit above.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward.
KJV
And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward:
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This verse in Isaiah 37
Commentary
6 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
And 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 those who were left should flourish and increase.
This site's exposition
this will be a sign to you
on Isaiah 37:30-32
The sign covers three seasons: This year you will eat what grows on its own, and in the second year what springs from the same. Only in the third year you will sow and reap. The cause is named: The zeal of the LORD of Hosts will accomplish this.
This site's exposition
take root below and bear fruit above
The surviving remnant is Judah after the ten northern tribes had been carried away and the Assyrian campaign had wasted her towns, as Barnes explains. The sign of verse 30 about crops becomes a picture of the people. Judah will grow again like a planted field.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(Vers. 30 seqq.) But this will be a sign for you: Eat in this year what grows of itself, and in the second year what springs from that; then in the third year sow, reap, plant vineyards, and eat their fruit. The remaining survivors of the house of Judah shall take root downward and bear fruit upward; for out of Jerusalem shall come a remnant, and out of Mount Zion a band of survivors. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will do this.
The Medieval Church1 voice
Here he sets out the fruit of the destruction of their enemies, setting out a similitude of a tree, which bears much fruit if it sends out roots in the earth: and he shall be as a tree that is planted by the waters, that …
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah,....
The words behind it
10 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְיָ֨סְפָ֜ה | veyasefah | and it will add | H3254 → | 212 times |
| פְּלֵיטַ֧ת | peleitat | [the] escaped remnant of | H6413 → | 28 times |
| בֵּית־ | beit- | [the] house of | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| יְהוּדָ֛ה | yehudah | Judah | H3063 → | 819 times |
| הַנִּשְׁאָרָ֖ה | hanisharah | which remains | H7604 → | 133 times |
| שֹׁ֣רֶשׁ | shoresh | a root | H8328 → | 33 times |
| לְמָ֑טָּה | lematah | <to> downwards | H4295 → | |
| וְעָשָׂ֥ה | veasah | and it will produce | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| פְרִ֖י | feri | fruit | H6529 → | 119 times |
| לְמָֽעְלָה׃ | lemaelah | <to> upwards <towards> | H4605 → | 140 times |
וְיָ֨סְפָ֜הand it will add
veyasefahH3254 →212 times
פְּלֵיטַ֧ת[the] escaped remnant of
peleitatH6413 →28 times
בֵּית־[the] house of
beit-H1004 →2046 times
יְהוּדָ֛הJudah
yehudahH3063 →819 times
הַנִּשְׁאָרָ֖הwhich remains
hanisharahH7604 →133 times
שֹׁ֣רֶשׁa root
shoreshH8328 →33 times
לְמָ֑טָּה<to> downwards
lematahH4295 →
וְעָשָׂ֥הand it will produce
veasahH6213 →2628 times
פְרִ֖יfruit
feriH6529 →119 times
לְמָֽעְלָה׃<to> upwards <towards>
lemaelahH4605 →140 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Isaiah 27:6In the days to come, Jacob will take root. Israel will bud and blossom and fill the whole world with fruit.
it leads to
- Hosea 14:5–6
I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like the lily and take root like the cedars of Lebanon.
- Romans 11:16–26
If the first part of the dough is holy, so is the whole batch; if the root is holy, so are the branches.
- Isaiah 54:1–3
“Shout for joy, O barren woman, who bears no children; break forth in song and cry aloud, you who have never travailed; because more are the children of the desolate woman than of her…
- Hosea 14:5–6
Through
Jeremiah 44:28Those who escape the sword will return from Egypt to Judah, few in number, and the whole remnant of Judah who went to dwell in the land of Egypt will know whose word will…
it leads to
- Jeremiah 44:14
so that none of the remnant of Judah who have gone to reside in Egypt will escape or survive to return to the land of Judah, where they long to return and live; for…
- Isaiah 27:12–13
In that day the LORD will thresh from the flowing Euphrates to the Wadi of Egypt, and you, O Israelites, will be gathered one by one.
- Jeremiah 44:25–26
This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: As for you and your wives, you have spoken with your mouths and fulfilled with your hands your words: ‘We will surely…
- Isaiah 10:19
The remaining trees of its forests will be so few that a child could count them.
- Jeremiah 44:14
Through
Psalms 80:9You cleared the ground for it, and it took root and filled the land.
it leads to
- Joshua 24:12
I sent the hornet ahead of you, and it drove out the two Amorite kings before you, but not by your own sword or bow.
- Joshua 24:12
Where this verse is studied
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This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Albert Barnes, Notes on the Book of Isaiah; Jerome, Commentary on Isaiah; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Thomas Aquinas, Commentary on Isaiah.