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2 Kings 19:30 KJV
2 Kings · chapter 19 · verse 30
And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall yet again take root downward, and bear fruit upward.2 Kings 19:30 · King James Version
2 Kings 19:30 in context
28Because thy rage against me and thy tumult is come up into mine ears, therefore I will put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.
29And this shall be a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat this year such things as grow of themselves, and in the second year that which springeth of the same; and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruits thereof.
30And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall yet again take root downward, and bear fruit upward.
31For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and they that escape out of mount Zion: the zeal of the LORD of hosts shall do this.
32Therefore thus saith 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 cast a bank against it.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- downwardmaṭṭâhdownward, below or beneathH4295 →
- remnantshâʼarproperly, to swell upH7604 →
- escapedpᵉlêyṭâhdeliveranceH6413 →
- upwardmaʻalproperly, the upper part, used only adverbially with prefix upward, above, overhead, from…H4605 →
- housebayitha houseH1004 →
- JudahYᵉhûwdâhJehudah , the name of five IsraelitesH3063 →
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We have here the gracious copious answer which God gave to Hezekiah's prayer. The message which he sent him by the same hand (Kg2 19:6, Kg2 19:7), one would think, was an answer sufficient to his prayer;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 20-34