Isaiah 37:31

Israel and the nations

²⁹ Because thy rage against me, and thy tumult, is come up into mine ears, therefore will I 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.

³⁰ 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.

And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward:

³² For 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.

³³ Therefore 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 shields, nor cast a bank against it.

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: And the surviving remnant of the house of Judah will again take root below and bear fruit above.
KJV: And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward:
WEB: The remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah will again take root downward, and bear fruit upward.
ASV: And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward.
DARBY: And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward;
BLB: And ] again will the surivors of the house of Judah, those remaining, take root beneath and produce fruit above.

ÅB: Og den rest som har sloppet unna av Judas hus, skal skyte dypere rot nedentil og bære frukt oventil.
OTB: Resten av Judas hus skal igjen slå rot nedenfor og bære frukt ovenfor.
B1930: Og den rest som har sloppet unda av Judas hus, skal skyte dypere rot nedentil og bære frukt oventil.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Isaiah 27:6
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.
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2 Kings 19:30–31
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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Psalms 80:9
Thou preparedst room before it, and didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land.
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Isaiah 1:9
Except the LORD of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, and we should have been like unto Gomorrah.
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Romans 11:5
Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.
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Romans 9:27
Esaias also crieth concerning Israel, Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved:
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Isaiah 10:20–22
And it shall come to pass in that day, that 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.
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Jeremiah 44:28
Yet a small number that escape the sword shall return out of the land of Egypt into the land of Judah, and all the remnant of Judah, that are gone into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall know whose words shall stand, mine, or theirs.
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