Isaiah 37:30

²⁸ But I know your sitting down, your going out and coming in, and your raging against Me.

²⁹ Because your rage and arrogance against Me have reached My ears, I will put My hook in your nose and My bit in your mouth; I will send you back the way you came.’

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.

³¹ And the surviving remnant of the house of Judah will again take root below and bear fruit above.

³² For a remnant will go forth from Jerusalem, and survivors from Mount Zion. The zeal of the LORD of Hosts will accomplish this.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: 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.
KJV: And this shall be a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat this year such as groweth of itself; and the second year that which springeth of the same: and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruit thereof.
WEB: “‘This shall be the sign to you: You will eat this year that which grows of itself, and in the second year that which springs from it; and in the third year sow and reap and plant vineyards, and eat their fruit.
ASV: And this shall be the sign unto thee: ye shall eat this year that which groweth of itself, 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 fruit thereof.
DARBY: And this [shall be] the sign unto thee: there shall be eaten this year such as groweth of itself; and in the second year that which springeth of the same; but in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards and eat the fruit thereof.
BLB: And this [is] to you a sign: This year you will eat the aftergrowth, and in the second year what springs forth, and in the third year you will sow and reap and plant vineyards and eat their fruit.

ÅB: Og dette skal du[^2] ha til tegn: Iår skal dere spise det korn som vokser av seg selv, og neste år det som skyter opp fra roten; men i det tredje år skal dere så og høste og plante vingårder og spise deres frukt.
OTB: “Dette skal være tegnet for deg: Dette året skal du spise det som vokser av seg selv, og det andre året det som spirer fra det. Men i det tredje året skal dere så og høste, plante vingårder og spise deres frukt.
B1930: Og dette skal du ha til tegn: Iår skal I ete det korn som vokser av sig selv, og næste år det som skyter op fra roten; men i det tredje år skal I så og høste og plante vingårder og ete deres frukt. / < Esekias.>

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Original text and word study

Cross references

2 Kings 19:29
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.
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Leviticus 25:4–5
But in the seventh year there shall be a Sabbath of complete rest for the land—a Sabbath to the LORD. You are not to sow your field or prune your vineyard.
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Isaiah 7:14
Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and will call Him Immanuel.
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2 Kings 20:9
And Isaiah had replied, “This will be a sign to you from the LORD that He will do what He has promised: Would you like the shadow to go forward ten steps, or back ten steps?”
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1 Kings 13:3–5
That day the man of God gave a sign, saying, “The LORD has spoken this sign: ‘Surely the altar will be split apart, and the ashes upon it will be poured out.’”
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Exodus 3:12
“I will surely be with you,” God said, “and this will be the sign to you that I have sent you: When you have brought the people out of Egypt, all of you will worship God on this mountain.”
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Isaiah 38:7
This will be a sign to you from the LORD that He will do what He has promised:
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Isaiah 7:21–25
On that day a man will raise a young cow and two sheep,
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