2 Kings 19 · Verse 31

2 Kings 19:31

For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and they that escape out of mount Zion: the zeal of the Lord of hosts shall do this.
2 Kings 19:31, King James Version

2 Kings 19:31 in other translations

BSBFor a remnant will go forth from Jerusalem, and survivors from Mount Zion. The zeal of the LORD of Hosts will accomplish this.
WEBFor out of Jerusalem a remnant will go out, and out of Mount Zion those who shall escape. The LORD’s zeal will perform this.
ASVFor out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and out of mount Zion they that shall escape: the zeal of Jehovah shall perform this.
YLTFor from Jerusalem goeth out a remnant, And an escape from mount Zion; The zeal of Jehovah of Hosts doth this.
DARBYFor out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, And out of mount Zion they that escape: The zeal of Jehovah of hosts shall do this.
BBEFor from Jerusalem those who have been kept safe will go out, and those who are still living will go out of Mount Zion: by the fixed purpose of the Lord of armies this will be done.
WebsterFor out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and they that escape from mount Zion: the zeal of the LORD of hosts shall do this.

What does 2 Kings 19:31 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 31 Out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant - The Jews shall be so multiplied as not only to fill Jerusalem, but all the adjacent country. And they that escape out of Mount Zion - Some think that this refers to the going forth of the apostles to the Gentile world, and converting the nations by the preaching of the Gospel.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Kings 19:20-34

All Sennacherib's motions were under the Divine cognizance. God himself undertakes to defend the city; and that person, that place, cannot but be safe, which he undertakes to protect. The invasion of the Assyrians probably had prevented the land from being sown that year. The next is supposed to have been the sabbatical year, but the Lord engaged that the produce of the land should be sufficient for their support…

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2 Kings 19:31 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

כִּ֤יkiforH3588
מִירוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙mi.ru.sha.Limfrom JerusalemH3389
תֵּצֵ֣אte.Tze'it will go outH3318
שְׁאֵרִ֔יתshe.'e.Rita remnantH7611
וּפְלֵיטָ֖הu.fe.lei.Tahand an escaped remnantH6413
מֵהַ֣רme.Harfrom [the] mountain ofH2022
צִיּ֑וֹןtzi.YonZionH6726
קִנְאַ֛תkin.'At[the] zeal ofH7068
יְהוָ֥ה צְבָא֖וֹתYah.weh tze.Va.'otYahweh of hostsH3068
תַּֽעֲשֶׂה\־ta.'a.seh-it will accomplishH6213
זֹּֽאת\׃\ \סZotthisH2063

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Cross references for 2 Kings 19:31

  • Isaiah 9:7

    Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this.

  • Romans 11:5

    Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.

  • John 2:17

    And his disciples remembered that it was written, The zeal of thine house hath eaten me up.

  • Isaiah 10:20

    And it shall come to pass in that day, that the remnant of Israel, and such as are escaped of the house of Jacob, shall no more again stay upon him that smote them; but shall stay upon the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, in truth.

  • Romans 9:27

    Esaias also crieth concerning Israel, Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved:

  • Isaiah 59:17

    For he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and an helmet of salvation upon his head; and he put on the garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a cloke.

  • Zechariah 1:14

    So the angel that communed with me said unto me, Cry thou, saying, Thus saith the Lord of hosts; I am jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion with a great jealousy.

  • Ezekiel 5:13

    Thus shall mine anger be accomplished, and I will cause my fury to rest upon them, and I will be comforted: and they shall know that I the Lord have spoken it in my zeal, when I have accomplished my fury in them.

  • Jeremiah 44:14

    So that none of the remnant of Judah, which are gone into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall escape or remain, that they should return into the land of Judah, to the which they have a desire to return to dwell there: for none shall return but such as shall escape.

  • Isaiah 63:15

    Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of thy holiness and of thy glory: where is thy zeal and thy strength, the sounding of thy bowels and of thy mercies toward me? are they restrained?

  • Ezekiel 20:9

    But I wrought for my name’s sake, that it should not be polluted before the heathen, among whom they were, in whose sight I made myself known unto them, in bringing them forth out of the land of Egypt.

  • 2 Kings 19:4

    It may be the Lord thy God will hear all the words of Rab–shakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach the living God; and will reprove the words which the Lord thy God hath heard: wherefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that are left.

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For.
4; Jer 44:14; Ro 9:27; 11:5
they that escape. Heb. the escaping. the zeal.
Isa 9:7; 59:17; 63:15; Eze 5:13; 20:9; Zec 1:14; Joh 2:17

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Context

  • 2 Kings 19:30

    And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall yet again take root downward, and bear fruit upward.

  • 2 Kings 19:31

    For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and they that escape out of mount Zion: the zeal of the Lord of hosts shall do this.

  • 2 Kings 19:32

    Therefore thus saith the Lord concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shield, nor cast a bank against it.

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2 Kings 19:31 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Porque saldrán de Jerusalem reliquias, y los que escaparán, del monte de Sión: el celo de Jehová de los ejércitos hará esto.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Car de Jérusalem sortira un résidu, et de la montagne de Sion, ce qui est réchappé. La jalousie de l’ Éternel ✶des armées fera cela.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Denn von Jerusalem wird ein Überrest ausgehen, und ein Entronnenes vom Berge Zion. Der Eifer Jehovas wird solches tun!
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
De Jerusalem quippe egredientur reliquiæ, et quod salvetur de monte Sion: zelus Domini exercituum faciet hoc.