Isaiah 37:21-35
God’s Answer through Hezekiah
21 Then Isaiah son of Amoz sent a message to Hezekiah: “The Lord, the God of Israel, says: ‘Because you prayed to Me about Sennacherib king of Assyria,
22 this is the word the Lord has spoken against him:
23 24 25
23 24 25
26
27
Their inhabitants have become powerless,
dismayed, and ashamed.
They are plants of the field,
tender grass,
grass on the rooftops,
blasted by the east wind.(d)
dismayed, and ashamed.
They are plants of the field,
tender grass,
grass on the rooftops,
blasted by the east wind.(d)
30 “‘This will be the sign for you:(O) This year you will eat what grows on its own, and in the second year what grows from that. But in the third year sow and reap, plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
31 The surviving remnant of the house of Judah will again take root(P) downward and bear fruit upward.
32 For a remnant(Q) will go out from Jerusalem and survivors, from Mount Zion. The zeal of the Lord of Hosts will accomplish this.’(R)
Footnotes:
a.
Isaiah 37:22: Lit behind you
b.
Isaiah 37:24: Lit by the hand of
c.
Isaiah 37:25: DSS add in foreign lands
d.
Isaiah 37:27: DSS; MT reads rooftops, field before standing grain
e.
Isaiah 37:28: DSS read know your rising up and
Cross references:
F.
Isaiah 37:24:
Exodus 14:26-28; Exodus 15:4; Exodus 15:19; Deuteronomy 20:1; Joshua 11:4-9; 2 Chronicles 16:8; Psalm 68:17