29And this shall be a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat this year such things as grow of themselves, and in the second year that which springeth of the same; and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruits thereof.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
And if ye shall say, What shall we eat the seventh year? behold, we shall not sow, nor gather in our increase: …
And he said, Certainly I will be with thee; and this shall be a token unto thee, that I have sent thee: When thou hast brought forth the people out of Egypt, ye shall serve God upon this mountain.
And Hezekiah said unto Isaiah, What shall be the sign that the LORD will heal me, and that I shall go up into the house of the LORD the third day? …
And this shall be a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat this year such as groweth of itself; and the second year that which springeth of the same: and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruit thereof.
And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 20-34)We have here the gracious copious answer which God gave to Hezekiah’s prayer. The message which he sent him by the same hand ( 2 Kgs. 19:6 , 7 ), one would think, was an answer sufficient to his prayer; but, that he might have strong consolation, he was encouraged by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie , Heb. 6:18. In general, God assured him that his prayer was heard,…
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