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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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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

On 2 Kings 19:30

18th Century

Theologian

The remnant that has escaped - Terrible ravages seem to have been committed in the first attack (see note on 2 Kings 18:13). And…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

On 2 Kings 19:30

19th Century

Bishop

The remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah. —Rather, the survival (survivors) of the house o…

John Gill

John Gill

On 2 Kings 19:30

17th Century

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(See Gill on 2 Kings 19:1)

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Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

On 2 Kings 19:20–34

17th Century

Minister

All Sennacherib's movements were under Divine cognizance. God Himself undertakes to defend the city; and that person, that place, which He undertak…