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The remnant that has escaped of the house of Judah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward.
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A Tree After the Storm
Commentators explain the verse's imagery of a tree taking "root downward, and bear fruit upward." After the devastating storm of the Assyrian invasion, God promised that the surviving remnant of Judah would not just endure but become even more firmly established and prosperous, like a tree taking deeper root after a storm.
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2 Kings
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The remnant that has escaped - Terrible ravages seem to have been committed in the first attack (see note on 2 Kings 18:13). And…
19th Century
Anglican
The remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah. —Rather, the survival (survivors) of the house o…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
(See Gill on 2 Kings 19:1)
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