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2 Kings 19:29-36
New English Translation
2 Kings 19:29-36
New English Translation
29 [a] “‘This will be your confirmation that I have spoken the truth:[b] This year you will eat what grows wild,[c] and next year[d] what grows on its own from that. But in the third year you will plant seed and harvest crops; you will plant vines and consume their produce.[e] 30 Those who remain in Judah will take root in the ground and bear fruit.[f]
31 “‘For a remnant will leave Jerusalem;
survivors will come out of Mount Zion.
The zeal of the Lord of Heaven’s Armies[g] will accomplish this.
32 So this is what the Lord has said about the king of Assyria:
“He will not enter this city,
nor will he shoot an arrow here.[h]
He will not attack it with his shield-carrying warriors,[i]
nor will he build siege works against it.
33 He will go back the way he came.
He will not enter this city,” says the Lord.
34 “‘I will shield this city and rescue it for the sake of my reputation and because of my promise to David my servant.’”[j]
35 That very night the angel of the Lord went out and killed 185,000 in the Assyrian camp. When they[k] got up early the next morning, there were all the corpses.[l] 36 So King Sennacherib of Assyria broke camp and went on his way. He went home and stayed in Nineveh.[m]
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- 2 Kings 19:29 tn At this point the word concerning the king of Assyria (vv. 21-28) ends and the Lord again directly addresses Hezekiah and the people (see v. 20).
- 2 Kings 19:29 tn Heb “and this is your sign.” In this case the אוֹת (ʾot), “sign,” is a future confirmation of God’s intervention designated before the actual intervention takes place. For similar “signs” see Exod 3:12 and Isa 7:14-25.
- 2 Kings 19:29 sn This refers to crops that grew up on their own (that is, without cultivation) from the seed planted in past years.
- 2 Kings 19:29 tn Heb “and in the second year.”
- 2 Kings 19:29 tn The four plural imperatival verb forms in v. 29b are used rhetorically. The Lord commands the people to plant, harvest, etc. to emphasize the certainty of restored peace and prosperity. See IBHS 572 §34.4.c.
- 2 Kings 19:30 tn Heb “The remnant of the house of Judah that is left will add roots below and produce fruit above.”
- 2 Kings 19:31 tn Traditionally “the Lord of hosts.” In this context the Lord’s “zeal” refers to his intense devotion to and love for his people which prompts him to protect and restore them. The Qere, along with many medieval Hebrew mss and the ancient versions, has “the zeal of the Lord of hosts” rather than “the zeal of the Lord” (Kethib). The translation follows the Qere here.
- 2 Kings 19:32 tn Heb “there.”
- 2 Kings 19:32 tn Heb “[with] a shield.” By metonymy the “shield” stands for the soldier who carries it.
- 2 Kings 19:34 tn Heb “for my sake and for the sake of David my servant.”
- 2 Kings 19:35 tn This refers to the Israelites and/or the rest of the Assyrian army.
- 2 Kings 19:35 tn Heb “look, all of them were dead bodies.”
- 2 Kings 19:36 tn Heb “and Sennacherib king of Assyria departed and went and returned and lived in Nineveh.”
2 Kings 19:29-36
New International Version
2 Kings 19:29-36
New International Version
29 “This will be the sign(A) for you, Hezekiah:
“This year you will eat what grows by itself,(B)
and the second year what springs from that.
But in the third year sow and reap,
plant vineyards(C) and eat their fruit.
30 Once more a remnant(D) of the kingdom of Judah
will take root(E) below and bear fruit above.
31 For out of Jerusalem will come a remnant,(F)
and out of Mount Zion a band of survivors.(G)
“The zeal(H) of the Lord Almighty will accomplish this.
32 “Therefore this is what the Lord says concerning the king of Assyria:
“‘He will not enter this city
or shoot an arrow here.
He will not come before it with shield
or build a siege ramp against it.
33 By the way that he came he will return;(I)
he will not enter this city,
declares the Lord.
34 I will defend(J) this city and save it,
for my sake and for the sake of David(K) my servant.’”
35 That night the angel of the Lord(L) went out and put to death a hundred and eighty-five thousand in the Assyrian camp. When the people got up the next morning—there were all the dead bodies!(M) 36 So Sennacherib king of Assyria broke camp and withdrew.(N) He returned to Nineveh(O) and stayed there.
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