Isaiah 37:31

The NET Bible®

Those who remain in Judah will take root in the ground and bear fruit.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The surviving remnant of the house of Judah will again take root downward and bear fruit upward.

Hebrew Names Version
The remnant that is escaped of the house of Yehudah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward.

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

English Standard Version
And the surviving remnant of the house of Judah shall again take root downward and bear fruit upward.

New American Standard Bible
"The survivors that are left of the house of Judah will again take root downward and bear fruit upward.

New Century Version
Some of the people in the family of Judah will escape. Like plants that take root, they will grow strong and have many children.

Amplified Bible
"The surviving remnant of the house of Judah will again take root downward and bear fruit upward.

World English Bible
The remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Iudah, shall againe take roote downward and beare fruite vpward.

Legacy Standard Bible
And the surviving remnant of the house of Judah will again take root downward and bear fruit upward.

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

Contemporary English Version
Those who survive in Judah will be like a vine that puts down deep roots and bears fruit.

Complete Jewish Bible
" ‘Meanwhile, the remnant of the house of Y'hudah that has escaped will again take root downward and bear fruit upward;

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

Easy-to-Read Version
"The people from the family of Judah who have escaped and are left alive will be like plants that send their roots deep into the ground and produce fruit above the ground.

George Lamsa Translation
And the remnant that survives of the house of Judah shall again return, and shall again take root downward and bear fruit upward;

Good News Translation
Those in Judah who survive will flourish like plants that send roots deep into the ground and produce fruit.

Lexham English Bible
And the remnant of the house of Judah that remain shall grow roots downwards and make fruit upwards.

Literal Translation
The remnant of the house of Judah that has escaped shall again take root downward, and it produces fruit upward.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And soch of the house of Iuda as are escaped, shal come together, and the remnaunt shal take rote beneth, & bringe forth frute aboue.

American Standard Version
And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward.

Bible in Basic English
And those of Judah who are still living will again take root in the earth, and give fruit.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward.

King James Version (1611)
And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Iudah, shal againe take roote downeward, and beare fruite vpward.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And such of the house of Iuda as are escaped shall come together, and the remnaunt shall take roote beneath, and bryng foorth fruite aboue.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And they that are left in Judea shall take root downward, and bear fruit upward:

English Revised Version
And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And that that is sauyd of the hous of Juda, and that, that is left, schal sende roote bynethe, and schal make fruyt aboue;

Update Bible Version
And the remnant that has escaped of the house of Judah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward.

Webster's Bible Translation
And the remnant that hath escaped of the house of Judah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward:

New King James Version
And the remnant who have escaped of the house of Judah Shall again take root downward, And bear fruit upward.

New Living Translation
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.

New Life Bible
And those who are left of the family of Judah will again have their roots grow down and grow their fruit above.

New Revised Standard
The surviving remnant of the house of Judah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward;

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then shall the escaped of the house of Judah that remain, again, Take root downward, - And bear fruit upward.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And that which shall be saved of the house of Juda, and which is left, shall take root downward, and shall bear fruit upward:

Revised Standard Version
And the surviving remnant of the house of Judah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward;

Young's Literal Translation
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.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"The surviving remnant of the house of Judah will again take root downward and bear fruit upward.

Contextual Overview

²¹ Isaiah son of Amoz sent this message to Hezekiah: "This is what the Lord God of Israel says: ‘Because you prayed to me concerning King Sennacherib of Assyria, ²² this is what the Lord says about him: "The virgin daughter Zion despises you—she makes fun of you; daughter Jerusalem shakes her head after you. ²³ Whom have you taunted and hurled insults at? At whom have you shouted and looked so arrogantly? At the Holy One of Israel! ²⁴ Through your messengers you taunted the sovereign master, ‘With my many chariots I climbed up the high mountains, the slopes of Lebanon. I cut down its tall cedars and its best evergreens. I invaded its most remote regions, its thickest woods. ²⁵ I dug wells and drank water. With the soles of my feet I dried up all the rivers of Egypt.' ²⁶ Certainly you must have heard! Long ago I worked it out, in ancient times I planned it, and now I am bringing it to pass. The plan is this: Fortified cities will crash into heaps of ruins. ²⁷ Their residents are powerless; they are terrified and ashamed. They are as short-lived as plants in the field or green vegetation. They are as short-lived as grass on the rooftops when it is scorched by the east wind. ²⁸ I know where you live and everything you do and how you rage against me. ²⁹ Because you rage against me and the uproar you create has reached my ears, I will put my hook in your nose, and my bridle between your lips, and I will lead you back the way you came." ³⁰ "This will be your reminder that I have spoken the truth: This year you will eat what grows wild, and next year what grows on its own. But the year after that you will plant seed and harvest crops; you will plant vines and consume their produce.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah: Heb. escaping of the house of Judah that remaineth, Isaiah 1:9, Isaiah 6:13, Isaiah 10:20-22, Jeremiah 44:28

take: Isaiah 27:6, Isaiah 65:9, 2 Kings 19:30, 2 Kings 19:31, Psalms 80:9, Jeremiah 30:19, Romans 9:27, Romans 11:5, Galatians 3:29

Reciprocal: Proverbs 12:12 - the root Isaiah 4:2 - them that are escaped Isaiah 28:5 - residue Isaiah 41:19 - plant Jeremiah 31:7 - remnant Ezekiel 7:16 - they Micah 5:5 - when the

Cross-References

Genesis 37:3
Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his sons because he was a son born to him late in life, and he made a special tunic for him.

Genesis 37:23
When Joseph reached his brothers, they stripped him of his tunic, the special tunic that he wore.

Proverbs 28:13
The one who covers his transgressions will not prosper, but whoever confesses them and forsakes them will find mercy.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah,.... The few that escaped out of the cities of Judah, upon Sennacherib's invasion of the land, and besieging and taking the fenced cities thereof, who fled to Jerusalem for safety; these were a type of the remnant, according to the election of grace, the few that are chosen of God, the special people redeemed by Christ, the little flock of his, the small number that enter in at the strait gate, and are saved; and who escape, not the fall of Adam, nor the imputation of his sin, nor the corruption of nature, nor the pollutions of the world in a state of nature; but who escape the vengeance of divine justice, the curse of a righteous law, wrath to come, and the damnation of hell; which is owing to the love of God, the covenant of his grace, the suretyship engagements of Christ, and his performance of them; these are the household of faith, God's confessing and professing people, who are Jews inwardly, of whom there are but a few; of these it is said, they

shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward. The Targum is,

"as a tree which sends forth its roots below, and lifts up its branches above.''

The sense is, that those people that fled from their own habitations to Jerusalem should return thither again upon the breaking up of the siege, and be firmly settled, and live peaceably and prosperously, abounding with all good things, which may be applied, mystically, to true believers taking root again in the love of God, which is a hidden root, and is the source of salvation, and all the blessings of it, and is in itself immovable; and though the saints are secured in it, and by it, and nothing can root them out of it, yet they are sometimes shaken with doubts and fears about their interest in it; when there is again a fresh taking root in it, and that is, when they have a strong and lively persuasion of it, which produces fruitfulness in the exercise of faith, hope, and love, and in Gospel obedience; and also to their taking root in Christ, who is as a root unto them, hidden, and out of sight to the world, mean and abject, yet the source of all happiness to the saints, who have a being in him, are born by him, and receive sap and nourishment from him; and though their faith of interest in him may be sometimes shaken, yet there is a fresh taking root by new acts of faith upon him, which produce fruitfulness; the fruits brought forth by such are good works, which spring from the seed of grace, are owing to divine goodness, to the dews of grace, are pleasant and acceptable to God through Christ, and profitable unto men; these are called the fruits of the Spirit, and of righteousness, and are meet for repentance, and are brought forth openly and publicly, which may be signified by being bore upwards.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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. The land should be at rest; and under the administration of their wise and pious king their number would be augmented, and their happiness promoted.

Shall again take root downward - Like a tree that had been prevented by any cause from growing or bearing fruit. A tree, to bear well, must be in a soil where it can strike its roots deep. The sense is, that all obstructions to their growth and prosperity would be removed.