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the Week of Proper 15 / Ordinary 20
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Chinese NCV (Simplified)

列王纪下 19:29

‘這要給你作一個徵兆:這一年要吃自然生長的,第二年也要吃自己長出來的,第三年要撒種、收割,栽種葡萄園,吃它們的果子。

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Hezekiah;   Jerusalem;   Prophecy;   Symbols and Similitudes;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Assyria;   Jerusalem;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Arpad;   Isaiah;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Assyria;   Hezekiah;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Jerusalem;   Mediator, Mediation;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Sennacherib;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Assyria, History and Religion of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Hezekiah;   Isaiah, Book of;   Israel;   Philistines;   Prophecy, Prophets;   Text, Versions, and Languages of Ot;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Inspiration and Revelation;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Sennacherib ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Hezekiah;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Interesting facts about the bible;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Urim and Thummim;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Judah;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Hezekiah (2);   Vine;  

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
以 色 列 人 哪 , 我 赐 你 们 一 个 证 据 : 你 们 今 年 要 吃 自 生 的 , 明 年 也 要 吃 自 长 的 ; 至 於 後 年 , 你 们 要 耕 种 收 割 , 栽 植 葡 萄 园 , 吃 其 中 的 果 子 。

Contextual Overview

20 Then Isaiah son of Amoz sent a message to Hezekiah that said, "This is what the Lord , the God of Israel, says: I have heard your prayer to me about Sennacherib king of Assyria. 21 This is what the Lord has said against Sennacherib: ‘The people of Jerusalem hate you and make fun of you. The people of Jerusalem laugh at you as you run away. 22 You have insulted me and spoken against me; you have raised your voice against me. You have a proud look on your face, which is against me, the Holy One of Israel. 23 You have sent your messengers to insult the Lord. You have said, "With my many chariots I have gone to the tops of the mountains, to the highest mountains of Lebanon. I have cut down its tallest cedars and its best pine trees. I have gone to its farthest places and to its best forests. 24 I have dug wells in foreign countries and drunk water there. By the soles of my feet, I have dried up all the rivers of Egypt." 25 "‘King of Assyria, surely you have heard. Long ago I, the Lord , planned these things. Long ago I designed them, and now I have made them happen. I allowed you to turn those strong, walled cities into piles of rocks. 26 The people in those cities were weak; they were frightened and put to shame. They were like grass in the field, like tender, young grass, like grass on the housetop that is burned by the wind before it can grow. 27 "‘I know when you rest, when you come and go, and how you rage against me. 28 Because you rage against me, and because I have heard your proud words, I will put my hook in your nose and my bit in your mouth. Then I will force you to leave my country the same way you came.' 29 "Then the Lord said, ‘Hezekiah, I will give you this sign: This year you will eat the grain that grows wild, and the second year you will eat what grows wild from that. But in the third year, plant grain and harvest it. Plant vineyards and eat their fruit.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

a sign: 2 Kings 19:21, 2 Kings 19:31-34, 2 Kings 20:8, 2 Kings 20:9, Exodus 3:12, 1 Samuel 2:34, Isaiah 7:11-14, Luke 2:12

Ye shall eat: Leviticus 25:4, Leviticus 25:5, Leviticus 25:20-22, Isaiah 37:30

Reciprocal: Leviticus 25:22 - eighth Leviticus 26:10 - General

Cross-References

Genesis 8:1
But God remembered Noah and all the wild and tame animals with him in the boat. He made a wind blow over the earth, and the water went down.
Genesis 12:2
I will make you a great nation, and I will bless you. I will make you famous, and you will be a blessing to others.
Genesis 19:23
The sun had already come up when Lot entered Zoar.
Genesis 19:31
One day the older daughter said to the younger, "Our father is old. Everywhere on the earth women and men marry, but there are no men around here for us to marry.
Genesis 19:32
Let's get our father drunk and have sexual relations with him. We can use him to have children and continue our family."
Genesis 19:33
That night the two girls got their father drunk, and the older daughter went and had sexual relations with him. But Lot did not know when she lay down or when she got up.
Genesis 30:22
Then God remembered Rachel and answered her prayer, making it possible for her to have children.
Deuteronomy 9:5
You are going in to take the land, not because you are good and honest, but because these nations are evil. That is why the Lord your God will force them out ahead of you, to keep his promise to your ancestors, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
Nehemiah 13:14
Remember me, my God, for this. Do not ignore my love for the Temple and its service.
Nehemiah 13:22
Then I ordered the Levites to purify themselves and to guard the city gates to make sure the Sabbath remained holy. Remember me, my God, for this. Have mercy on me because of your great love.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The prophet now once more addresses Hezekiah, and gives him a “sign,” or token, whereby he and his may be assured that Sennacherib is indeed bridled, and will not trouble Judaea anymore. It was a sign of the continued freedom of the land from attack during the whole of the remainder of Sennacherib’s reign - a space of 17 years.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 29. This shall be a sign unto thee — To Hezekiah; for to him this part of the address is made.

Ye shall eat this year — Sennacherib had ravaged the country, and seed-time was now over, yet God shows them that he would so bless the land, that what should grow of itself that year, would be quite sufficient to supply the inhabitants and prevent all famine; and though the second year was the sabbatical rest or jubilee for the land, in which it was unlawful to plough or sow; yet even then the land, by an especial blessing of God, should bring forth a sufficiency for its inhabitants; and in the third year they should sow and plant, c. and have abundance, &c. Now this was to be a sign to Hezekiah, that his deliverance had not been effected by natural or casual means for as without a miracle the ravaged and uncultivated land could not yield food for its inhabitants, so not without miraculous interference could the Assyrian army be cut off and Israel saved.


 
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