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Isaiah 37:30-38

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30 "And this shall be the sign for you: this year you shall eat what grows of itself, and in the second year what springs from that. Then in the third year sow and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat their fruit.
31 And the surviving remnant of the house of Judah 1shall again take root downward and bear fruit upward.
32 2For out of Jerusalem shall go a remnant, and out of Mount Zion a band of survivors. 3The zeal of the LORD of hosts will do this.
33 "Therefore thus says the LORD concerning the king of Assyria: He shall not come into this city or shoot an arrow there or come before it with a shield or 4cast up a siege mound against it.
34 By the way that he came, by the same he shall return, and he shall not come into this city, declares the LORD.
35 5For I will defend this city to save it, for my own sake and for 6the sake of my servant David."
36 7And the angel of the LORD went out and struck down a hundred and eighty-five thousand in the camp of the Assyrians. And when people arose early in the morning, behold, these were all dead bodies.
37 Then Sennacherib king of Assyria departed and returned home and lived at 8Nineveh.
38 And as he was worshiping in the house of Nisroch his god, Adrammelech and Sharezer, his sons, struck him down with the sword. And after they escaped into the land of 9Ararat, 10Esarhaddon his son reigned in his place.
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Isaiah 37:30-38 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO ISAIAH 37

In this chapter are contained Hezekiah's message to Isaiah, desiring his prayer for him and his people, in this time of sore distress, Isa 37:1-5, the comforting and encouraging answer returned by the prophet to him, Isa 37:6,7, the king of Assyria's letter to Hezekiah, to terrify him into a surrender of the city of Jerusalem to him, Isa 37:8-13 which Hezekiah spread before the Lord, and prayed unto him for deliverance, Isa 37:14-20, upon which he received a gracious answer by the hand of the prophet, promising safety and deliverance to him, and destruction to the king of Assyria, of which a sign was given, Isa 37:21-35 and the chapter is closed with the slaughter of the Assyrian army by an angel, the flight of the king, and his death by the hands of his sons, Isa 37:36-38.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 10

  • 1. Isaiah 27:6
  • 2. [Isaiah 14:32]
  • 3. See Isaiah 9:7
  • 4. [Habakkuk 1:10; Luke 19:43]
  • 5. Isaiah 31:5; Isaiah 38:6
  • 6. [Isaiah 29:1]
  • 7. Isaiah 17:14; Isaiah 30:31; Isaiah 31:8; [Isaiah 10:33; Isaiah 14:25; Isaiah 29:5]
  • 8. Genesis 10:11; Jonah 1:2; Jonah 3:3; Jonah 4:11
  • 9. Genesis 8:4
  • 10. Ezra 4:2
The English Standard Version is published with the permission of Good News Publishers.