Isaiah 37:30-35
Summary for Isa 37:30-35: 37:30-35 a In this prophecy of salvation, Isaiah assured Hezekiah that Jerusalem would be spared and that the remnant was under God’s protection. The names of Isaiah and his sons anticipated God’s rescue (see 7:1–11:16 b). The book’s record of God’s presence and rescue provided assurance that the Lord would always have a remnant that he will protect and rescue. 37:30 c This year ... next year ... the third year: Because of the Assyrian siege and its destruction of agriculture, the people of Judah would not be able to plant and harvest as usual. The promise that life would resume after the siege assured them that God was with them and would provide as they carried out their everyday activities. They needed to develop their trust in God over a period of three calendar years in the confident expectation that God’s word would be true (cp. 30:15 d, 18 e). Perhaps the point was that after rescue from the Assyrians, it would be too late in the present year for fall planting. They would have to wait until fall in the second year to plant again, and they would reap their first crop in the spring and summer of the third year.37:32 f The passionate commitment of God includes his energetic zeal to keep his promise, the best guarantee his people could ever have (see also 9:7 g).
37:33 h armies ... arrow ... shields ... banks of earth: Despite their advanced military technology and great power, the Assyrians would not succeed against Jerusalem.
37:35 i for the sake of my servant David: God had promised David a perpetual dynasty (see 9:6-7 j; 2 Sam 7:8-17 k).
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