| Barnes' Notes on the Bible Shall go forth a remnant - The word 'remnant' means that which is left; and does not of necessity imply that it should be a small portion. No doubt a part of the Jews were destroyed in the invasion of Sennacherib, but the assurance is here given that a portion of them would remain in safety, and that they would constitute that from which the future prosperity of the state would arise. And they that escape - Margin, 'The escaping,' that is, the remnant. The zeal - (See the note at Isaiah 9:7). Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleFor out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant,.... The Targum is, "the rest of the righteous;'' the same as before; who, when the city should be free from the enemy, would go out of it, and return to their former settlements, in the several parts of Judea; a type of those who went out of Jerusalem with the Gospel of Christ, and spread it not only in Judea, but in the Gentile world: and they that escape out of Mount Zion; the same persons, differently described; some of whom were in the city of Jerusalem, and others in the fort of Zion, but departed from hence when the siege was broke up. The Targum is, "and the escaped of them that confirm the law out of Mount Zion;'' see Isaiah 2:3, the zeal of the Lord of hosts shall do this: his concern for his own honour and glory, and his great love to his people, shall engage him to perform all that is here promised and foretold. The Targum is, "by the word of the Lord of hosts this shall be done.'' Geneva Study BibleFor 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. King James Translators' Notesthey...: Heb. the escaping Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary37:1-38 This chapter is the same as 2Ki 19 |