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href="/bsb/isaiah/37.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/isaiah/37.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />Once more a remnant of the kingdom of Judah will take root below and bear fruit above.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/isaiah/37.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/isaiah/37.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />And the surviving remnant of the house of Judah shall again take root downward and bear fruit upward.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/37.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />And the surviving remnant of the house of Judah will again take root below and bear fruit above.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/isaiah/37.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/isaiah/37.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />And the remnant who have escaped of the house of Judah Shall again take root downward, And bear fruit upward.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/isaiah/37.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />The survivors that are left of the house of Judah will again <i>take</i> root downward and bear fruit upward.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/isaiah/37.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220The surviving remnant of the house of Judah will again take root downward and bear fruit upward.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/isaiah/37.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“And the surviving remnant of the house of Judah shall again take root downward and bear fruit upward.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/isaiah/37.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />And the surviving remnant of the house of Judah will again take root downward and bear fruit upward.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/isaiah/37.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />The surviving remnant of the house of Judah will again take root downward and bear fruit upward.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/isaiah/37.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The surviving remnant of the house of Judah will again take root downward and bear fruit upward.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/isaiah/37.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The surviving remnant of the house of Judah will again take root downward and bear fruit upward. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/isaiah/37.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/isaiah/37.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Those who survive in Judah will be like a vine that puts down deep roots and bears fruit. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/isaiah/37.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/isaiah/37.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Those few people from the nation of Judah who escape will again take root and produce crops.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/isaiah/37.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Those in Judah who survive will flourish like plants that send roots deep into the ground and produce fruit. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/isaiah/37.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Then the ones belonging to the house of Judah who have escaped will gather, and those who are found will take root downward and bear fruit upward. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/isaiah/37.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />And the surviving remnant of the house of Judah will again take root below and bear fruit above.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/isaiah/37.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Those who remain in Judah will take root in the ground and bear fruit. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/isaiah/37.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />The remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah will again take root downward, and bear fruit upward.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/isaiah/37.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And the remnant that hath escaped of the house of Judah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/isaiah/37.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />The remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah will again take root downward, and bear fruit upward. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/isaiah/37.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And it has continued—The escaped of the house of Judah that has been left—To take root beneath, "" And it has made fruit upward.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/isaiah/37.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And it hath continued -- the escaped Of the house of Judah that hath been left -- To take root beneath, And it hath made fruit upward.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/isaiah/37.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And the escaping of the house of Judah being left shall add a root downward and make fruit upward:<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/isaiah/37.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And that which shall be saved of the house of Juda, and which is left, shall take root downward, and shall bear fruit upward : <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/isaiah/37.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And what will be saved from the house of Judah, and what is left behind, will form deep roots, and will bear high fruits.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/isaiah/37.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />The remaining survivors of the house of Judah shall again strike root below and bear fruit above. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/isaiah/37.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />The surviving remnant of the house of Judah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward;<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/isaiah/37.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And the remnant that survives of the house of Judah shall again return, and shall again take root downward and bear fruit upward;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/isaiah/37.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And the rest of the house of Yehuda who were left shall return like a root that puts downward and makes fruit above<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/isaiah/37.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/isaiah/37.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And they that are left in Judea shall take root downward, and bear fruit upward:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/37-31.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xv9bHT-nr9s?start=8015" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/37.htm">The Fall of Sennacherib Prophesied</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">30</span>And this will be a sign to you, O Hezekiah: This year you will eat what grows on its own, and in the second year what springs from the same. But in the third year you will sow and reap; you will plant vineyards and eat their fruit. <span class="reftext">31</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/7604.htm" title="7604: han·niš·’ā·rāh (Art:: V-Nifal-Prtcpl-fs) -- To remain, be left over. A primitive root; properly, to swell up, i.e. Be redundant.">And the surviving</a> <a href="/hebrew/6413.htm" title="6413: pə·lê·ṭaṯ (N-fsc) -- An escape. Or pletah; feminine of paliyt; deliverance; concretely, an escaped portion.">remnant</a> <a href="/hebrew/1004.htm" title="1004: bêṯ- (N-msc) -- A house. Probably from banah abbreviated; a house.">of the house</a> <a href="/hebrew/3063.htm" title="3063: yə·hū·ḏāh (N-proper-ms) -- From yadah; celebrated; Jehudah, the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory.">of Judah</a> <a href="/hebrew/3254.htm" title="3254: wə·yā·sə·p̄āh (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3fs) -- To add. A primitive root; to add or augment.">will again</a> <a href="/hebrew/8328.htm" title="8328: šō·reš (N-ms) -- A root. From sharash; a root.">take root</a> <a href="/hebrew/4295.htm" title="4295: lə·māṭ·ṭāh (Prep-l:: Adv) -- From avar with directive enclitic appended; downward, below or beneath; often adverbially with or without prefixes.">below</a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: wə·‘ā·śāh (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3ms) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">and bear</a> <a href="/hebrew/6529.htm" title="6529: p̄ə·rî (N-ms) -- Fruit. From parah; fruit.">fruit</a> <a href="/hebrew/4605.htm" title="4605: lə·mā·‘ə·lāh (Prep-l:: Adv:: 3fs) -- From alah; properly, the upper part, used only adverbially with prefix upward, above, overhead, from the top, etc.">above.</a> </span><span class="reftext">32</span>For a remnant will go forth from Jerusalem, and survivors from Mount Zion. The zeal of the LORD of Hosts will accomplish this.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/19-30.htm">2 Kings 19:30</a></span><br />And the surviving remnant of the house of Judah will again take root below and bear fruit above.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/23-3.htm">Jeremiah 23:3</a></span><br />Then I Myself will gather the remnant of My flock from all the lands to which I have banished them, and I will return them to their pasture, where they will be fruitful and multiply.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/31-5.htm">Jeremiah 31:5</a></span><br />Again you will plant vineyards on the hills of Samaria; the farmers will plant and enjoy the fruit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/36-8.htm">Ezekiel 36:8-11</a></span><br />But you, O mountains of Israel, will produce branches and bear fruit for My people Israel, for they will soon come home. / For behold, I am on your side; I will turn toward you, and you will be tilled and sown. / I will multiply the people upon you—the house of Israel in its entirety. The cities will be inhabited and the ruins rebuilt. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/14-5.htm">Hosea 14:5-7</a></span><br />I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like the lily and take root like the cedars of Lebanon. / His shoots will sprout, and his splendor will be like the olive tree, his fragrance like the cedars of Lebanon. / They will return and dwell in his shade; they will grow grain and blossom like the vine. His renown will be like the wine of Lebanon.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/9-14.htm">Amos 9:14-15</a></span><br />I will restore My people Israel from captivity; they will rebuild and inhabit the ruined cities. They will plant vineyards and drink their wine; they will make gardens and eat their fruit. / I will firmly plant them in their own land, never again to be uprooted from the land that I have given them,” says the LORD your God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zechariah/8-12.htm">Zechariah 8:12</a></span><br />“For the seed will be prosperous, the vine will yield its fruit, the ground will yield its produce, and the skies will give their dew. To the remnant of this people I will give all these things as an inheritance.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/92-12.htm">Psalm 92:12-14</a></span><br />The righteous will flourish like a palm tree, and grow like a cedar in Lebanon. / Planted in the house of the LORD, they will flourish in the courts of our God. / In old age they will still bear fruit; healthy and green they will remain,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/1-3.htm">Psalm 1:3</a></span><br />He is like a tree planted by streams of water, yielding its fruit in season, whose leaf does not wither, and who prospers in all he does.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/80-8.htm">Psalm 80:8-11</a></span><br />You uprooted a vine from Egypt; You drove out the nations and transplanted it. / You cleared the ground for it, and it took root and filled the land. / The mountains were covered by its shade, and the mighty cedars with its branches. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/49-22.htm">Genesis 49:22</a></span><br />Joseph is a fruitful vine—a fruitful vine by a spring, whose branches scale the wall.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/13-23.htm">Matthew 13:23</a></span><br />But the seed sown on good soil is the one who hears the word and understands it. He indeed bears fruit and produces a crop—a hundredfold, sixtyfold, or thirtyfold.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/15-5.htm">John 15:5</a></span><br />I am the vine and you are the branches. The one who remains in Me, and I in him, will bear much fruit. For apart from Me you can do nothing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/11-17.htm">Romans 11:17-24</a></span><br />Now if some branches have been broken off, and you, a wild olive shoot, have been grafted in among the others to share in the nourishment of the olive root, / do not boast over those branches. If you do, remember this: You do not support the root, but the root supports you. / You will say then, “Branches were broken off so that I could be grafted in.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/colossians/2-7.htm">Colossians 2:7</a></span><br />rooted and built up in Him, established in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward:</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/1-9.htm">Isaiah 1:9</a></b></br> Except the LORD of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, <i>and</i> we should have been like unto Gomorrah.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/6-13.htm">Isaiah 6:13</a></b></br> But yet in it <i>shall be</i> a tenth, and <i>it</i> shall return, and shall be eaten: as a teil tree, and as an oak, whose substance <i>is</i> in them, when they cast <i>their leaves: so</i> the holy seed <i>shall be</i> the substance thereof.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/10-20.htm">Isaiah 10:20-22</a></b></br> And it shall come to pass in that day, <i>that</i> the remnant of Israel, and such as are escaped of the house of Jacob, shall no more again stay upon him that smote them; but shall stay upon the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, in truth… </p><p class="hdg">take</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/27-6.htm">Isaiah 27:6</a></b></br> He shall cause them that come of Jacob to take root: Israel shall blossom and bud, and fill the face of the world with fruit.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/65-9.htm">Isaiah 65:9</a></b></br> And I will bring forth a seed out of Jacob, and out of Judah an inheritor of my mountains: and mine elect shall inherit it, and my servants shall dwell there.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_kings/19-30.htm">2 Kings 19:30,31</a></b></br> And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall yet again take root downward, and bear fruit upward… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/isaiah/37-3.htm">Bear</a> <a href="/isaiah/24-21.htm">Below</a> <a href="/isaiah/14-11.htm">Beneath</a> <a href="/psalms/78-17.htm">Continued</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/3-21.htm">Downward</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-20.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/isaiah/15-9.htm">Escaped</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-30.htm">Fruit</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-14.htm">House</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-10.htm">Judah</a> <a href="/isaiah/35-7.htm">Once</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-4.htm">Remnant</a> <a href="/isaiah/27-6.htm">Root</a> <a href="/2_kings/19-30.htm">Surviving</a> <a href="/isaiah/9-18.htm">Upward</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/isaiah/45-8.htm">Bear</a> <a href="/jeremiah/31-37.htm">Below</a> <a href="/isaiah/51-6.htm">Beneath</a> <a href="/jeremiah/31-3.htm">Continued</a> <a href="/ezekiel/1-27.htm">Downward</a> <a href="/isaiah/40-12.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-38.htm">Escaped</a> <a href="/isaiah/49-15.htm">Fruit</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-38.htm">House</a> <a href="/isaiah/38-9.htm">Judah</a> <a href="/isaiah/42-14.htm">Once</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-32.htm">Remnant</a> <a href="/isaiah/40-24.htm">Root</a> <a href="/ezekiel/17-14.htm">Surviving</a> <a href="/isaiah/38-14.htm">Upward</a><div class="vheading2">Isaiah 37</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/37-1.htm">Hezekiah mourning, sends to Isaiah to pray for them</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/37-6.htm">Isaiah comforts them</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/37-8.htm">Sennacherib, going to encounter Tirhakah, sends a blasphemous letter to Hezekiah</a></span><br><span class="reftext">14. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/37-14.htm">Hezekiah's prayer</a></span><br><span class="reftext">21. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/37-21.htm">Isaiah's prophecy of the destruction of Sennacherib, and the good of Zion</a></span><br><span class="reftext">36. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/37-36.htm">An angel slays the Assyrians</a></span><br><span class="reftext">37. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/37-37.htm">Sennacherib is slain at Nineveh by his own sons.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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Historically, the Assyrian Empire, under King Sennacherib, besieged Jerusalem during the reign of King Hezekiah. The "remnant" is a recurring theme in the Bible, symbolizing hope and God's faithfulness to His covenant people. This concept is seen in other scriptures such as <a href="/isaiah/10-20.htm">Isaiah 10:20-22</a> and <a href="/romans/11-5.htm">Romans 11:5</a>, where a remnant is preserved by God's grace. The "house of Judah" specifically refers to the southern kingdom, which included Jerusalem, and was distinct from the northern kingdom of Israel.<p><b>will again take root below</b><br>This imagery of taking root suggests stability, growth, and a return to a state of prosperity and security. In the agricultural context of ancient Israel, roots signify a plant's ability to draw nourishment and sustain life. Spiritually, it implies a return to faithfulness and reliance on God. This phrase echoes the promise of restoration found in <a href="/jeremiah/24-6.htm">Jeremiah 24:6</a>, where God assures the people of Judah that He will build them up and not tear them down.<p><b>and bear fruit above.</b><br>Bearing fruit is a metaphor for productivity and blessing. In the biblical context, fruitfulness often represents the results of living in accordance with God's will, as seen in <a href="/psalms/1-3.htm">Psalm 1:3</a> and <a href="/john/15-5.htm">John 15:5</a>. For the remnant of Judah, this promise indicates not only survival but also a future of prosperity and influence. It points to the Messianic hope, where the ultimate fulfillment is found in Jesus Christ, who is the true vine, and His followers are the branches that bear fruit through Him. This phrase assures the people of Judah that their faithfulness will lead to a flourishing future, both physically and spiritually.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/h/house_of_judah.htm">House of Judah</a></b><br>Refers to the southern kingdom of Israel, consisting of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin. This passage speaks to the people of Judah during a time of crisis and invasion by the Assyrian army.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/r/remnant.htm">Remnant</a></b><br>A recurring theme in the Bible, the remnant refers to a small, faithful group of God's people who survive calamity and remain true to Him. In this context, it is the portion of Judah that survives the Assyrian threat.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/a/assyrian_invasion.htm">Assyrian Invasion</a></b><br>The historical backdrop of this passage is the Assyrian siege of Jerusalem under King Sennacherib, which threatened the existence of Judah.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/k/king_hezekiah.htm">King Hezekiah</a></b><br>The king of Judah during the Assyrian invasion, known for his faithfulness to God and his efforts to reform the nation spiritually.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/p/prophet_isaiah.htm">Prophet Isaiah</a></b><br>A major prophet in the Old Testament, Isaiah delivered God's messages to the people of Judah, including promises of deliverance and restoration.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_faithfulness_to_his_people.htm">God's Faithfulness to His People</a></b><br>Despite dire circumstances, God promises to preserve a remnant. This assures believers of God's unwavering faithfulness and His ability to sustain us through trials.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_growth_and_fruitfulness.htm">Spiritual Growth and Fruitfulness</a></b><br>The imagery of taking root and bearing fruit encourages believers to deepen their relationship with God, ensuring that their lives produce spiritual fruit.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_in_restoration.htm">Hope in Restoration</a></b><br>The promise of restoration for Judah serves as a reminder that God can bring renewal and hope even after periods of hardship and judgment.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_remaining_faithful.htm">The Importance of Remaining Faithful</a></b><br>The concept of a remnant highlights the importance of remaining faithful to God, even when the majority may turn away.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_isaiah_37.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Isaiah 37</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_judah_harvest_post-siege.htm">In Isaiah 37:30-32, how can a devastated Judah produce such an abundant harvest within a single season after the Assyrian siege?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_reconcile_rabshakeh's_claim_with_judah's_deliverance.htm">Isaiah 36:18-20: How do we reconcile the Rabshakeh's claim that no god has saved any nation from Assyria with the biblical assertion that the Lord ultimately delivered Judah?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_reconcile_amos_8_2_with_later_hope.htm">In Amos 8:2, God says he will spare Israel no longer--how do we reconcile this final judgment with later restoration passages in other prophets?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_ezekiel_7_align_with_restoration.htm">If Ezekiel 7 portrays imminent destruction, how do we align that with later passages in the Bible that describe restoration and continued divine protection?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/isaiah/37.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(31) <span class= "bld">And the remnant that is escaped.</span>--We note the "remnant" of the familiar formula of Isaiah's earlier days. The name of Shear-jashub had not ceased to be an omen of good (<a href="/isaiah/7-3.htm" title="Then said the LORD to Isaiah, Go forth now to meet Ahaz, you, and Shearjashub your son, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the fuller's field;">Isaiah 7:3</a>). And that remnant should be as the scion from which should spring in due course the goodly tree of the future (<a href="/isaiah/6-13.htm" title="But yet in it shall be a tenth, and it shall return, and shall be eaten: as a teil tree, and as an oak, whose substance is in them, when they cast their leaves: so the holy seed shall be the substance thereof.">Isaiah 6:13</a>).<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/isaiah/37.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 31.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">The remnant that is escaped</span> (see the comment on ver. 4). Take root downward, and bear fruit upward; <span class="accented">i.e.</span> "spread over the land, and became firmly rooted in it, and flourish as in the former time." We must conceive of the Assyrians having, in their two recent invasions, completely depopulated the country districts. Numbers had, no doubt, been slain; more than two hundred thousand had been carried into captivity; a portion had found refuge in the capital On the withdrawal of the Assyrians, these last "went forth," reoccupied their lands, and rebuilt their towns and villages. The blessing of God was upon them, and in a short time Judaea recovered her ancient vigour, so that, under Josiah, she was able to extend her dominion over almost the whole of the old Israelite territory (<a href="/2_chronicles/34-6.htm">2 Chronicles 34:6, 18</a>). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/isaiah/37-31.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">And the surviving</span><br /><span class="heb">הַנִּשְׁאָרָ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(han·niš·’ā·rāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Verb - Nifal - Participle - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7604.htm">Strong's 7604: </a> </span><span class="str2">To swell up, be, redundant</span><br /><br /><span class="word">remnant</span><br /><span class="heb">פְּלֵיטַ֧ת</span> <span class="translit">(pə·lê·ṭaṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6413.htm">Strong's 6413: </a> </span><span class="str2">Deliverance, an escaped portion</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the house</span><br /><span class="heb">בֵּית־</span> <span class="translit">(bêṯ-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1004.htm">Strong's 1004: </a> </span><span class="str2">A house</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Judah</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוּדָ֛ה</span> <span class="translit">(yə·hū·ḏāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3063.htm">Strong's 3063: </a> </span><span class="str2">Judah -- 'praised', a son of Jacob, also the southern kingdom, also four Israelites</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will again</span><br /><span class="heb">וְיָ֨סְפָ֜ה</span> <span class="translit">(wə·yā·sə·p̄āh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3254.htm">Strong's 3254: </a> </span><span class="str2">To add, augment</span><br /><br /><span class="word">take root</span><br /><span class="heb">שֹׁ֣רֶשׁ</span> <span class="translit">(šō·reš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8328.htm">Strong's 8328: </a> </span><span class="str2">A root</span><br /><br /><span class="word">below</span><br /><span class="heb">לְמָ֑טָּה</span> <span class="translit">(lə·māṭ·ṭāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4295.htm">Strong's 4295: </a> </span><span class="str2">Downward, below, beneath</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and bear</span><br /><span class="heb">וְעָשָׂ֥ה</span> <span class="translit">(wə·‘ā·śāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> </span><span class="str2">To do, make</span><br /><br /><span class="word">fruit</span><br /><span class="heb">פְרִ֖י</span> <span class="translit">(p̄ə·rî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6529.htm">Strong's 6529: </a> </span><span class="str2">Fruit</span><br /><br /><span class="word">above.</span><br /><span class="heb">לְמָֽעְלָה׃</span> <span class="translit">(lə·mā·‘ə·lāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Adverb | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4605.htm">Strong's 4605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The upper part, with prefix upward, above, overhead, from the top</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/isaiah/37-31.htm">Isaiah 37:31 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/isaiah/37-31.htm">Isaiah 37:31 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/isaiah/37-31.htm">Isaiah 37:31 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/isaiah/37-31.htm">Isaiah 37:31 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/isaiah/37-31.htm">Isaiah 37:31 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/isaiah/37-31.htm">Isaiah 37:31 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/isaiah/37-31.htm">Isaiah 37:31 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/isaiah/37-31.htm">Isaiah 37:31 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/isaiah/37-31.htm">Isaiah 37:31 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/isaiah/37-31.htm">Isaiah 37:31 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/isaiah/37-31.htm">OT Prophets: Isaiah 37:31 The remnant that is escaped (Isa Isi Is)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/isaiah/37-30.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Isaiah 37:30"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Isaiah 37:30" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/isaiah/37-32.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Isaiah 37:32"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Isaiah 37:32" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>